Today.Az » Politics » "OSCE will focus on challenges in South Caucasus"
17 February 2011 [11:23] - Today.Az
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings on Wednesday with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and senior members of the US administration, underlined Lithuania‘s commitment to promoting OSCE principles, searching for resolution of the protracted conflicts in the OSCE area, supporting freedom of the media, building and maintaining trust and confidence, and promoting energy security, OSCE press-realese says.
During the meetings progress in the resolution of protracted conflicts was discussed. The OSCE Chairmanship will focus on challenges in the South Caucasus. The OSCE will work within the Geneva framework to develop measures to improve security and address humanitarian needs in areas affected by the August 2008 conflict. Greater engagement by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group will also be required to reduce the growing tensions on the ground in and around Nagorno Karabakh.
Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) dealing with Georgian-Ossetian issues.was created in February 2009 as a result of the Geneva Discussions that followed the 2008 conflict. The meetings are an opportunity to discuss amongst other issues; identification of potential risks, follow-up on incidents and exchange information, as problems affecting the communities on a daily basis. Regular meetings of the mechanism broke down in October 2009.
/Trend/
|
|