YEREVAN. – At the 52nd Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) General Assembly, which has kicked off Tuesday in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, four delegations have declined from receiving the anniversary medals of this organization.

After his welcoming remarks at the event, President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Ara Babloyan, announced that all national delegations were to be awarded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of this organization.

But the delegations from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Ukraine have turned down the respective medals.

A representative of the Georgian delegation stated that the head of their delegation was declining from this award and asking not to discuss this matter.

The head of the Azerbaijani delegation said it had been a short time since he was holding this position, and therefore his conscience did not allow him to receive such a high award.

The head of the Turkish delegation stated that he did not have the honor to accept this medal.

The head of the Ukrainian delegation had not arrived in Armenia, and he had declined from this medal in writing.