Regular summit of the OSCE Ministerial Council can be considered a milestone in several respects. First, for the first time the OSCE chairmanship passes to Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country, which in view of its significance can be considered a European country too, as in current geopolitical realities the geographical concepts are replaced by energy, transport and strategic ones. So, the choice of Kazakhstan as the OSCE chairman is justified. Moreover, the huge hydrocarbon reserves of the country make it almost priceless for Europe, which with all its might is eager to get rid of the Russian monopoly on gas.