OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani to visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

VIENNA/SKOPJE, 8 August 2023 — The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, will visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from 9 to 11 August for meetings with high-level government officials, parliamentarians and civil society.

In Tashkent, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office will hold meetings with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Chairperson of Senate of the Oliy Majlis (the Parliament) Tanzila Narbaeva and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov.

In Astana, Chairman Osmani will meet with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu, Speaker of the Senate of the Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev,  Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Zulfiya Suleimenova and other high-level officials.

Throughout the visit, Chairman Osmani will also meet with OSCE field operations staff, civil society representatives and the OSCE beneficiaries.

For more information about the 2023 OSCE Chairmanship of North Macedonia, please visit the OSCE website: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship.