ArmenPress
Jan 4 2005

OSCE NEW CHAIRMAN TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASUS IN MID-JANUARY

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS: Azeri mass media reported that
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, who officially took over
the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) from Bulgaria on 1 January 2005 will pay a visit to the
Southern Caucasus in 2005 mid-January.
Dimitrij Rupel will formally present the priorities of the new
Chairmanship to the OSCE’s 55 participating States at the Permanent
Council in Vienna on 13 January.
“The OSCE has always responded well to challenge and adversity,”
Minister Rupel said at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Sofia in 2004
December. “Its ability to adapt has, over the years, become one of
its greatest virtues and advantages.”
“The responsibility to make it stronger and more visible in the
global arena rests upon us. Slovenia is resolute that the OSCE should
have a strong role in sowing the seeds of security and co-operation
throughout its area and beyond,” he said.