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OSCE Ministerial Council to start in Kyiv on Thursday

04 December 2013 17:33 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Victoria Dementyeva-APA. The agenda of the 20th Ministerial Council of the OSCE, which will be held December 5-6 in Kyiv become known.

The meeting will be attended by high-level delegation of 57 member states of the OSCE , 11 partner states, the heads of OSCE institutions , representatives of international organizations such as the UN, the Council of Europe , NATO, CIS, etc.

Azerbaijan will be represented by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov at the OSCE Ministerial Council.

The ministers will discuss the results of Ukraine's chairmanship in the OSCE this year, as well as outline the prospects for further cooperation and development.

Further development of the initiative " Helsinki 40 ", settlement of the protracted conflicts in the OSCE area , deepening cooperation in the field of arms control and non-proliferation, preventing the negative impact of energy on the environment , increased efforts of the international community to combat human trafficking will be discussed at the meeting.