The annual meeting of the Foireign Ministers of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) opened in Vilnius on Tuesday. The Foreign Ministers of the 56 member states of the organisation.
Amongst the issues on the agenda are protracted conflicts, transnational threats, media freedom and enhanced engagement with the OSCE’s Partner countries, including in the Southern Mediterranean and Afghanistan.
It is expected that the Foreign Ministers will also focus on issues of European security following the decisions taken by the summit of the organisation in Astana last year.
Lithuania,which has chaired the organisation for the last year will hand over the Chairmanship to Ireland.
source: commonspace.eu
photo: The Foreign Ministers of the 56 OSCE member states at the opening of their Ministerial Meeting in Vilnius on 6 December 2011 (picture courtesy of the OSCE).
