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Kazakhstan to chair OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee
Kazakhstan will chair the OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbaev announced.
“At the initiative of the Finish chairmanship, Kazakhstan was offered the opportunity to lead one of the key departments in the Organization, the Economic and Environmental Committee", Ashikbaev said at a press briefing in Astana.
Committee’s first session this year was held on January 15 in Vienna under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan’s OSCE envoy, Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov.
The spokesman said that the offer “reflects the recognition of our republic’s economic achievements”. “In light of Kazakhstan’s upcoming OSCE chairmanship, much attention is drawn to Kazakhstan’s obtaining sufficient experience and further strengthening of our international image,” Ashikbaev said.