On June 27, 2002 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Bulgaria jointly with the Center for the Study of Democracy
held a Regional Forum "International Cooperation in Countering
Terrorism".
The main purpose of the forum was to provide an
understanding of the national best practices in countering
terrorism and to transfer relevant experience between Southeast
European countries.
Government representatives from the SEE countries
discussed the national and international actions directed to
countering terrorism. The meeting facilitated the dialogue toward
preparing future strategies for regional cooperation in this
field.
Discussions in
2 parallel sessions - "Combating Terrorism and Transnational
Organized Crime" and "Measures against Financing of Terrorism" took
place during the forum.
Among the speakers at the forum were Mr. Georgi
Parvanov, President
of Bulgaria; Mr. Solomon Passy, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
His Eminence Metropolitan of Vidin Dometian; Chief Mufti of
Bulgarian Muslims Selim Mehmed; representatives of the UN Security Council
Counter - Terrorism Committee, the Multidisciplinary Group on
International Action against Terrorism at the Council of Europe,
the Stability Pact for
SEE as well as members of the National Assembly of Bulgaria,
diplomats and NGO community representatives.
Agenda of the
forum
Speech of Ambassador
Vladimir Drobnjak
Speech of Ambassador Curtis
Ward
Speech of Ambassador Paulo Tiago da
Silva
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