SOUTH CAUCASIAN CONFLICTS AT KAZAKH CONFERENCE
By Aghavni Harutyunyan

AZG DAILY
18-02-2010

Region

In the framework of regional visit, Kanat Saudabayev, OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, State Secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Kazakhstan, left for Tbilisi February 16, after visiting Baku and
then Yerevan.

In Tbilisi Saudabayev will meet with his Georgian counterpart Grigol
Vashadze, Parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze and representatives of
political parties.

According to Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalanadze, the OSCE
Chairman will discuss security issues, and Abkhazian, South Ossetian
conflicts. "Rehabilitation of the OSCE regional mission in any format
will be discussed as well", Kalanadze said.

To recall, in contrast to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia does not
have an OSCE office. The office was closed, as Russia was against
prolonging the activities of the office motivating that the OSCE
dose not take into consideration the new developments in the region,
namely, recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Anyway, after the meeting with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the
representatives of the Georgian Labor Party announced that an
international conference is to be held in Astana on February 23 to
discuss the conflicts of the South Caucasus.
From: Baghdasarian