Kazakhstan set itself as a bridge between East and West - roundtable in Almaty

12:52, 22 June 2011

ALMATY. June 22. KAZINFORM /Aigul Turysbekova/ "The strategic objectives of Kazakhstan during its chairmanship of the OSCE focused on the following presidency of the OIC. Initially, Kazakhstan has set itself as a bridge between East and West," said Dr. Zaur Jalilov, R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies at a roundtable on the role of the OIC in the system of international relations in Almaty on Wednesday.

According to him, the experience that Kazakhstan gained as OSCE Chair is used for the chairmanship of the OIC.

The scientist said that Kazakhstan has become a member of the OIC in 1995. The organization unites 57 countries on four continents and is the second largest after the United Nations in its scope and potential; it has a huge human and economic potential. "This year Kazakhstan chairs the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. The decision that Kazakhstan should chair the OIC in 2011 was made due to socio-economic and socio-political parameters of Kazakhstan. Back in 2003 our country proposed the initiative to create centers for monitoring and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. This is a very significant proposal, since the problem is serious, it divides the organization itself, creating a conflict between its members," Jalilov stressed.

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