OSCE Chairman to visit Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Press release 227/2008
25 June, 2008

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, will visit Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan from 30 June to 2 July.

He will meet the presidents, foreign ministers and parliamentary speakers of the two countries to discuss OSCE matters as well as bilateral and other international priority areas. He will also meet with representatives of civil society and the international community.

Topics on the agenda include support in fulfilling OSCE commitments, border security and management, OSCE engagement with Afghanistan, human rights, working with civil society, environmental security as well as strengthening co-operation and regional stability.

In Astana, Minister Stubb will give a speech at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session. For more information about the meeting, please see http://www.osce.org/item/31603.html