Caucasian Four Speakers to Meet in Tbilisi April 22-24

CAUCASIAN FOUR SPEAKERS TO MEET IN TBILISI APRIL 22-24

31.03.2005 04:14

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The recurrent meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments
of the Caucasian Four (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia) is
scheduled in Tbilisi April 22-24, Regnum news agency reported. The
Speakers intend to discuss the social and political situation in the
countries, issues of development of regional and inter-parliamentary
cooperation, settlement of conflicts. The meeting will be organized on
the initiative of the Georgian Speaker Nino Burjanadze.

The `Caucasian Four’ format was instantiated by Russia in 1996. Since
then several meetings of the Presidents, Ministers of Internal
Affairs, Security Council Secretaries, as well as the Speakers of the
four countries have been held.