On 15 March 2021, the BSEC PERMIS Secretary General, Ambassador Michael. B. CHRISTIDES participated in the High-Level Meeting of the Secretaries General of the following international organizations: the International Road Transport Union (IRU), the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission TRACECA (PS IGC TRACECA), the Permanent International Secretariat of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC PERMIS), the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).