Chair of Kazakh Senate invited to attend OSCE PA Istanbul session

"Kazakhstan considers OSCE as an important component of the modern international security's architecture. We suppose the main task is the Organization's adaptation to the modern realities its authority and effectiveness' strengthening," Kairat Mami noted.

According to the Kazakh Senate Speaker, OSCE Summit held in 2010, enriched world policy by new conception called "Spirit of Astana." Discussion of implementating the Astana Declaration of the OSCE Summit should be the focus of discussions at the sites of the OSCE Parliamentary Forum.

The focus of the organization should also be protracted conflicts, transnational threats, and Afghanistan, as well as the human dimension, the speaker said. In this context, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE has a real opportunity to monitor and participate in deciding issues of security and cooperation, not only in the Euro-Atlantic area, but throughout Eurasia.

In turn V.Grossruk noted that Kazakhstan's parliament was one of the most active members of the Parliamentary Assembly. Stressing the importance of the personal involvement of heads of parliaments in the debates of the Assembly, the acting OSCE PA President invited K.Mami to take part in the Istanbul session of the OSCE PA at the end of June 2013.

V.Grossruk agreed with the need to adapt and modernize the OSCE, the continuation of the work in the field of human rights, and economic dimension of security policy. The head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly welcomed the international initiatives of Kazakhstan aimed at maintaining stability and development.

The meeting also discussed the promotion of inter-parliamentary cooperation between Kazakhstan and Austria.