Базель готовится к проведению ежегодного Совета министров ОБСЕ.

21-й Совет министров ОБСЕ, на котором соберутся около 50 министров иностранных дел, состоится 4 и 5 декабря 2014 года, в выставочном центре Базеля, в Базеле, Швейцария, по приглашению действующего председателя ОБСЕ, министра иностранных дел Швейцарии, Дидье Буркхальтер.

Совет министров является центральным в принятии решений и руководящим органом ОБСЕ. Встреча, проходящая ежегодно,  предоставляет министрам иностранных дел и более 70 делегациям государств-участников ОБСЕ, странам-партнерам и ряду  международных организаций возможность рассмотреть и оценить деятельность Организации за прошедший год и предлагает  национальные взгляды на вопросы безопасности. На встрече этого года министры иностранных дел обсудят кризис на Украине и общие проблемы внутри и за пределами региона ОБСЕ. Совет задаст курс будущей работы организации, а с 1 января Сербия готовится взять на себя председательство.

Министры иностранных дел Армении и Азербайджана, как ожидается, примут участие в заседании Базельской конвенции и по неподтвержденным данным, они должны встретиться под эгидой сопредседателей Минского процесса ОБСЕ - Франции, России и Соединенных Штатов. Министров иностранных дел трех стран или же их заместителей, также ожидают в Базеле. Министр иностранных дел Армении Эдвард Налбандян и глава МИД Азербайджана Эльмар Мамедъяров сегодня находятся в Брюсселе на заседании НАТО. Однако, официальных встреч между ними не запланировано. Встреча двух министров иностранных дел считается необходимой для продолжения некоторых из обсуждений, состоявшихся между президентами Армении и Азербайджана в Сочи, Ньюпорте и Париже в течение лета. Однако, атмосфера между двумя странами стала еще более напряженной после недавно сбитого азербайджаном армянского военного вертолета, который принимал участие в крупномасштабных военных учениях вблизи с территорией, разделяющей силы двух стран вокруг нагорно-карабахского конфликта.

источник: commonspace.eu

фото: Приветствие участников 21-го заседания Совета министров ОБСЕ в Базеле, 2 декабря 2014 года (фото любезно предоставлено ОБСЕ)

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