OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY`S WINTER MEETING SET TO DISCUSS EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
Baku, February 16 (AZERTAC). More than 270 parliamentarians from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are scheduled to attend the Eighth Winter Meeting in Vienna 19-20 February, where the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, will address the opening session on Thursday morning.
Other speakers include the President of the Austrian Nationalrat Barbara Prammer, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, U.S. Congressman, John Tanner and OSCE PA President Joao Soares.
One of the highlights during the Winter Meeting will be a special debate about the initiatives by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy for new European security arrangements. The OSCE parliamentarians will hear from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Groushko, Deputy Director for Political and Security Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry Veronique Bujon-Barre and OSCE PA President Joao Soares.
The Winter Meeting`s agenda also includes a special presentation on Kazakhstan`s preparations for its OSCE Chairmanship in 2010 by the Kazakh delegation, led by its head of delegation and OSCE PA Vice President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
During the closing session on 20 February, the delegates will hear presentations by the OSCE PA`s Special Representative on Gender Issues, OSCE PA Vice-President Tone Tingsgaard and Greek Vice Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean and Island Policy, Panos Kammenos on “Piracy as a new security threat.”
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan will be represented at the event by Vice-Speaker of the Parliament (Milli Majlis) Bahar Muradova and her accompanying delegation.
They will deliver speeches on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, situation in the South Caucasus and energy security.
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