Astana to host EAPC Security Forum and Rose-Roth seminar

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev initiated conduction of the event in Kazakhstan and it was backed by the EAPC. This will be the first time such event takes place on the post-soviet space and Asian continent and will be one of the largest events held in our country in 2009. The Forum will be an informal platform for an open and free discussion of the issues of regional and global security. The meeting?s topic is ?Security Through Partnership?. During the plenary session and topical sittings it is planned to discuss the security issues in the regions of Central Asia and Caucasus, situation in Afghanistan and the problem of energy security Delegations from 50 countries of the EAPC and NATO, other states, several international organizations and representatives of mass media are expected to take part in the forum. In parallel with the forum the NATO Parliamentary Assembly plans to organize interparliamentary Rose-Roth seminar ? this is forum of an interparliamentary dialog on topical issues of the Euro-Atlantic security.