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Trans-Asiatic Parliamentary Forum to take place in Almaty

The Trans-Asiatic Parliamentary Forum - the OSCE Eurasian Dimension - will be held on May 14. The head of the press service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Ilyas Omarov, informed at a weekly briefing in Almaty, the agency reports.

Astana. May 12. Kazakhstan Today - The Trans-Asiatic Parliamentary Forum - the OSCE Eurasian Dimension - will be held on May 14. The head of the press service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Ilyas Omarov, informed at a weekly briefing in Almaty, the agency reports.

"The OSCE chairman, the Secretary of State - the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kanat Saudabaev, will take part in the second OSCE Trans-Asiatic Parliamentary Forum - the Eurasian Dimensions on May14 - 15," I. Omarov informed.

He explained that the forum "is the first large event that will be organized in Kazakhstan in 2010 during Kazakhstan's presidency in OSCE."

"Not only members of parliament of the OSCE member countries, but also the parliament members of the Mediterranean and Asian OSCE partners for cooperation countries, Pakistan, and the diplomatic corps, the OSCE institutes, and various parliamentary organizations will participate in the forum," he noted.

According to I. Omarov, the forum participants will consider such questions, as the situation in Afghanistan, struggle against terrorism, narcotraffic, disarmament, economic development, trade, resource management, labor migration, environmental problems, religious tolerance, political development, struggle against human trafficking, and gender equality. There will be a panel session devoted to the situation in Kyrgyzstan.

The Foreign Ministry representative informed that the delegation of the USA Atlantic Council headed by its chairman will visit Kazakhstan on May 13 - 14 to hold meetings with the management of our country.

The head of the Foreign Ministry press service informed that the 37th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will take place on May 18 -20 in Dushanbe. The delegation of our country will be headed by Kanat Saudabaev.

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