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15 January 2010 [10:07] - Today.Az
The new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, will outline Kazakhstan`s priorities for the Organization in 2010 in a speech to be delivered on Thursday in Vienna, according to the OSCE`s website.
Saudabayev will speak at a session of the Permanent Council, one of the Organization`s main regular decision-making bodies.
Expected highlights of the address include giving new impetus to OSCE efforts to stabilize the situation in areas of protracted conflicts, and to seek their resolution; developing international transport corridors; and promoting tolerance and mutual understanding.
Before the speech, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will address the Permanent Council in a videotaped speech.
Kazakhstan took over the one-year Chairmanship of the Organization on 1 January, succeeding Greece. Lithuania will follow in 2011.
/AzerTac/
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