ISTANBUL, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) member nations on Sunday called for reforms to better address the requirements of a changing world.

"Technological advances, faster communication and more dynamic bureaucracy have been consolidating the necessity of enforcing reforms," Tugrul Turkes, Turkey's deputy prime minister, said at the opening ceremony of BSEC foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul.

The deputy prime minister noted that new and modern approaches have emerged not only in economics and foreign politics, but also in many other areas including employment, job security, transportation, environment, energy, agriculture and customs enforcement.

"It is now a necessity for the BSEC to keep pace with today's constantly changing environment and its testing," Turkes said.

The BSEC was founded in 1992 by Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Serbia to ensure peace, stability and prosperity by means of cooperation.

The 25th anniversary summit of the organization will be held on Monday, with the participation of heads of state and government of the member states.

"The statement to be issued at the end of the summit will give a strong and loud message revealing the readiness of member states to address the requirements of the changing conditions of the world," said Michael Christides, BSEC's secretary general.

Christides noted that the summit will display the enthusiasm of member states in leading the efforts of transforming the geostrategic region into a business union, and a zone of stability and prosperity.

After the Persian Gulf region, the Black Sea region is the second largest source of oil and natural gas.

In addition, the Black Sea region boasts rich reserves of minerals, metals and other natural resources, making it Europe's major transport and energy transfer corridor.