News / President Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the Informal Meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers in Almaty

One of the key events within the framework of Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship took place in Almaty on July 17, 2010. The foreign ministers and high-level representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States, 11 country-partners on the OSCE cooperation and a number of international organizations gathered at the meeting.
A wide range of issues on strengthening security in the OSCE space as well as participation of the Organization in stabilization efforts of the world community were discussed. In particular, the preliminary results of the European and Eurasian security dialogue within the “Corfy Process” launched in June 2009 were reviewed.
A special emphasis was also laid on the possible topics for the forthcoming OSCE summit. Addressing the participants of the meeting, the head of state emphasized that the high-level meeting gives an important impetus for the OSCE adjustment to modern challenges and threats as well as increases the influence of the Organization itself and strengthen its role in shaping the European and Eurasian architecture.
“The overwhelming majority of the OSCE participating States firmly back the idea on holding the high-level OSCE 2010 Summit in Astana. We should make most out of the forthcoming summit for the paving a way to achievement of the goal we envisaged for the Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian and the world community based on the mutual principles and values,” Nursultan Nazarbayev highlighted.
The head of state stressed that the OSCE remains an actively developing body, closely woven into the life of the modern global political and economic system. Conducting an OSCE summit in 2010 will give a unique chance to demonstrate to the world community the evolution of the Organization “from Helsinki to Astana.”