K.Abdrakhmanov took part in the OSCE Ministerial Meeting
July 12, 2017, Mauerbach
On July 11, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov took part in the Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, at which the delegations of the OSCE participating States discussed the topical issues on the Organization’s agenda.
During the plenary session, the head of the Kazakh delegation expressed support for the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and stressed the importance of an inclusive dialogue to promote the vision of a common and indivisible Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community, in accordance with the provisions of the Astana Declaration of the 2010 OSCE Summit, convened at the initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbayev .
K. Abdrakhmanov highly appreciated the efforts to create conditions for a structured dialogue on current and future security challenges, including unresolved regional conflicts, increased military activity, increased concentration of troops and, as a result, the danger of military incidents in the OSCE region. Kazakhstan intends to take an active part in this dialogue.
The importance of the economic and environmental dimension was emphasized as an important tool for building confidence and cooperation among the OSCE participating countries, as well as the importance of the Central Asian region in the context of renewable integration processes in the region.
Within the framework of the round table on preventing violent extremism leading to terrorism, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan presented key initiatives of the President of Kazakhstan on the creation of the Global Anti-Terrorist Coalition (the network), the adoption of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Code of Conduct on Global Action Against Terrorism and Violent Extremism, As well as the creation of a single list of terrorist organizations. He also informed about the measures taken by Kazakhstan to counter terrorism, including the Third Modernization and Public Consciousness Program, as well as the Cybershchit initiative.
The OSCE participating States were informed of Kazakhstan’s preparations for the presidency of the UN Security Council in January 2018 and the next Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana.
Within the framework of the visit, K. Abdrakhmanov held negotiations with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office – Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz on topical issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in international organizations, including in the context of the current membership of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the UN Security Council and Austria’s chairmanship in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2017. The parties noted the role of the international exhibition EXPO-2017 in Astana as a positive impulse for strengthening bilateral relations, as well as a factor contributing to the development of the OSCE economic and environmental dimension.
K. Abdrakhmanov held bilateral meetings with the heads of delegations of the European Union, Slovakia, Ireland, Canada and Cyprus on the sidelines of the event, during which issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation were discussed. Significant place in the agenda of these negotiations was occupied by issues of economic diplomacy: attraction of investments, growth of trade turnover, realization of transit and transport potential. The Kazakhstan party invited its partners to join to the activities of the International Financial Center Astana, the International Center for the Development of Green Technologies and Investment Projects “Energy of the Future”, the hub of IT start-ups that will operate on the basis of EXPO 2017 in Astana.
The visit of the foreign minister of Kazakhstan to Vienna and participation in the OSCE debate showed the relevance of the initiatives of the President of Kazakhstan aimed at strengthening peace and security and sustainable development.
Press service of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan