Sec Gen of European Council supports idea of holding OSCE Summit in Kazakhstan
20:08, 11 May 2010
BRUSSELS. May 11. KAZINFORM /Dimash Syzdykov/ During the meting with Kazakh Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, European Union and NATO Yerik Utembayev Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland supported and highly appraised the idea of holding the OSCE Summit in Kazakhstan in autumn this year.
The Kazakh Ambassador on behalf of Kazakh Secretary of State - Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev offered the EC Secretary General to visit Astana on the eve of the informal meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers scheduled for July 16-17 and take part in the meeting with participation of heads of the EC, NATO, CSTO, CIS and OSCE.
The Head of the EC confirmed readiness to take part in the OSCE Foreign Ministers' informal meeting. According to him, it will allow to use this platform for strengthening cooperation between European structures, in particular, the OSCE, European Parliament, European Commission and other institutions.