Conflicts in Caucasus and Moldova included in OSCE PA draft resolution

PanARMENIAN.Net - The 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 29 to July 3.

The Turkish Grand National Assembly will host the annual gathering under the theme of Helsinki +40 to provide parliamentary input to the work of the OSCE.

All meetings will be held at the Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul.

The session's Helsinki +40 theme underlines the Assembly's support for the OSCE Ministerial Council decision in Dublin to launch a set of objectives aimed at strengthening the OSCE from now towards 2015, the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. The debates and votes of the Assembly during the session will culminate in passage the 2013 Istanbul Declaration to help shape OSCE and national policy. Members from 57 OSCE participating States will also elect a new Assembly president and other elected leadership positions during the session.

Nagorno Karabakh settlement will be discussed by the Committee on Political Affairs and Security. The issue will also be included in the committee’s draft resolution, which will comprise calls on the OSCE to redouble efforts to find solutions to the tragic protracted conflicts in the Caucasus and Moldova, as well as calls on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to continue their engagement with Armenia and Azerbaijan to seek solutions to the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, OSCE PA official website reported.