Buenos Aires, September 2 (Mercopress-RHC) -– In Buenos Aires, during a visit of a delegation from the regional legislature to the Argentinian congress, it was announced that the MERCOSUR Parliament, PARLASUR, will be holding a special session on November 11th in Montevideo dedicated to the Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue.

The meeting was attended by lawmakers from the five full member countries -- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, plus the Argentine representative before MERCOSUR Juan Manuel Abal Medina and the president of PARLASUR, Uruguay's Ruben Martinez Huelmo and the president of the visiting delegation, Senator Jose Mayans.

Other issues on the agenda addressed during the meeting included the list of PARLASUR sessions for the rest of the year. PARLASUR usually meets in Montevideo, either at the Parliament building or at the MERCOSUR headquarters.

The PARLASUR delegation, headed by its president Martinez Huelmo, was received by the president of the Lower House, Julian Dominguez and by the chairman of the Foreign affairs committee, deputy Guillermo Carmona and former Senator Daniel Filmus who now heads the Foreign Affairs desk which looks after issues related to the Malvinas Islands.