Skopje, 9 October 2023 (MIA) – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, will visit Turkmenistan on Monday to meet with high-level government officials, parliamentarians and civil society.

Osmani's visit to Central Asia reflects one of North Macedonia's OSCE Chairpersonship's priorities to provide support to the OSCE's field missions and their cooperation with Central Asian states, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.

In Ashgabat, Chairman Osmani will meet the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the People's Council Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairperson of Mejlis (the Parliament) Dunyagozel Gulmanova, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov.

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

"Central Asia represents one of the OSCE's priorities as it has faced constant challenges, now even more of them due to the consequences of the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine as well as the situation in Afghanistan. The OSCE action plan helps the participating countries of this region to adequately respond to the situation in the direction of mitigating the risks to its stability,” reads the press release.

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