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3 March 2008 - NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS TO HOLD FIRST SEMINAR WITH CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTERPARTS

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Security in the Caspian region and Central Asia will be discussed by legislators from NATO and partner countries during the 68th Rose-Roth seminar, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 6-8 March. Organised in cooperation with the parliament of Azerbaijan, the seminar will involve some 50 members of parliament, including for the first time delegations from the Central Asian Republics and participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (tbc) and Uzbekistan, together with experts from national governments, international organizations, academic institutions, NGOs and think-tanks.

José Lello, NATO PA President, and Ogtay Asadov, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Mejlis (Parliament) will open the debates on 6 March, followed by a keynote presentation by professor Anatol Lieven of Kings College War Studies Department in London.
 
Robert F. Simmons, NATO Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Pierre Morel, EU Special Representative for Central Asia, and Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, will address the seminar on 7 March.
 
On the same day, the programme will include presentations by Akja Tajiyevna Nurberdiyeva (tbc), Speaker of the Majlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan and Bulat Sembinov, Deputy Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan.

A discussion on the relations between Afghanistan and Central Asia, with reference to the NATO ISAF operations, will include a delegation from the National Assembly of Afghanistan.
 
The seminar will close on 8 March with a session on Political Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Central Asia.

For further information or queries please contact Andrea Cellino at + 32 478 554 811 or Roberta Calorio at + 32 473 931 961

 

 

 
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