Kazakhstan successfully fulfills obligations within OSCE - K.Zhigalov

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Zhigalov has said it to journalists following results of the 10^th session of the Cooperation Committee "Kazakhstan - European Union" on June 18.

According to him, within the framework of the first dimension (security) Kazakhstan was chairman during holding of ten special sessions on the Corfu Process. "At present a so-called interim statement on the Corfu Process is under preparation. It will be represented at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' informal meeting in Almaty on July 16-17", K.Zhigalov said.

It is also planned to discuss key issues of the Kazakh presidency, the Corfu Process, the situation in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and the upcoming Summit in Astana in the yearend.

Touching upon the second dimension (economy and ecology), Prague hosted the Environmental and Economic forum, which, in essence, became a very important milestone in carrying out of this dimension by the Kazakh chairmanship. "We have completed the most significant part of events under auspices of the second dimension", the Vice Foreign Minister emphasized.

Within the framework of the third dimension there were held such events as the seminar on gender policy in Vienna, parliamentary conference in Almaty, Warsaw seminar dedicated to judiciary system. On July 10 OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Kazakh Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev visited Copenhagen, where he was a major speaker at a conference dedicated to the 20^th anniversary of the Copenhagen document. "At the end of this month Kazakhstan will hold two important events - the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination and the III Astana Economic Forum" , K.Zhigalov said.

According to him, the subject of the post-crisis development at the OSCE space was not considered by previous chair countries. "Kazakhstan plans not only to consider it, but to come forward with a number of serious initiatives", he noted.