Baku Today, Azerbaijan
March 11 2006

Int’l conference on preparations for 14th economic forum of OSCE due in Baku

11/03/2006 08:45

An international conference dedicated to preparations to the 14th
economic forum of OSCE member-countries will be organized in Baku on
16-17 March 2006.

Baku office of the organization told Trend that the conference which
will focus on removal of risks in the sphere of transport security
within the OSCE will bring together over 100 delegates from foreign
countries.

Attending the conference will be an envoy of the OSCE
chairman-in-office, the OSCE coordinator on economic and
environmental issues and UN experts.

Baku for the first time will host a conference of such scale, which
is one of three preparatory events to be held under the 14th economic
forum of OSCE due in Prague in May 2006.

Meanwhile, Ulvi Akhundlu, spokesman for the Baku Office of OSCE,
noted that invitations for the conference had been sent to 55
ember-states of the organization, including Armenia.

`The conference is organized by the OSCE and the leadership of the
organization sent invitations to all member-countries of the
organization,’ Akhundlu, noting the absence of information on the
participation of the Armenian delegates at the event.