Italy’s Lamberto Zannier may become OSCE new Secretary General
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 7, 2011 – 16:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – After Turkey’s opposition to the nomination of
former Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik for the post of
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation
Europe (OSCE), Lithuania, which holds the rotating chairmanship in
the organization, has nominated head of the UN Mission in Kosovo,
Italy’s Lamberto Zannier to the post.
The election requires a consensus among members, while Lithuania
is trying to reach an agreement before Frenchman Marc Perrin de
Brichambaut’s second three-year term as OSCE secretary-general ends
June 30.
Other candidates included Portugal’s Joao Soares, the former head of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Turkish diplomat Ersin Ercin.