Kazakhstan Invites Lukashenko to the OSCE Summit

30.03.2010 17:39
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The current Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Secretary of State — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kanat Saudabayev, in the name the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, invited Alexander Lukashenko to the summit of the OSCE. According to the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, the summit will be held in Astana in the second half of 2010.

«Now there is a process of preparing and agreeing on agenda of the coming summit. In summer, Almaty will host an informal meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE. At the meeting, we invite our colleagues to agree on concrete agenda’s filling of the summit in Astana», Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan said, BelTA informs.
 
According to Kanat Saudabayev, there are different opinions on the aspect of proposed agenda within the organization. «But it is important, that today everybody agree with reasonability to hold such a summit. The recent meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow showed the unity of positions of the Commonwealth’s countries on this issue», the OSCE chairman said.
 
The head of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry also named as break-through those agreements, which were reached during the last visit of Nursultan Nazarbayev to Belarus. «You have really shown that Belarus comes to Kazakhstan seriously and for a long time», State Secretary of Kazakhstan addressed to Alexander Lukashenko.
 
Belarus is always ready to give a hand to Kazakhstan, Lukashenko

In his turn, Belarusian president stated that Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in the OSCE expresses the interests of all CIS countries. «We fully agree with Nursultan Nazarbayev’s statement that Kazakhstan was delegated to the presidency of the OSCE as CIS countries’ collective representative. And in that context, Belarus completely supports the priorities of activity declared by Kazakhstan in this post», the President underlined.
 
Alexander Lukashenko expressed the hope that «all Kazakhstan’s plans in this important position will be realized». «Currently, there is some debate in the OSCE, the struggle of positions. But Kazakhstan can count on full support from Belarusian side. We are always ready to give a hand», Belarusian leader said.
 
The President also reminded that Belarus originally was an active supporter of Kazakhstan’s approval on the post of the organization’s chairmanship.

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