OSCE PA Conference of Silk Road Support Group in Minsk
Minsk is hosting the 2nd International Parliamentary Conference of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Silk Road Support Group “Belt and Road: strengthening cooperation for sustainable development and prosperity". When asked about the goal of the forum, George Tsereteli stressed: “The OSCE PA is ready to openly discuss threats and challenges, benefits and prospects.”
“We would like to take the opportunity and discuss, including at the supreme level, cooperation priorities and Belarus’ role in the OSCE PA,” he added.
The agenda of the conference will focus on economic matters. Special attention will also be attached to humanitarian cooperation and tourism.The events of the conference will be held through 30 April. Its participants will visit the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone to get familiar with its development and meet with its management and representatives of the resident companies.
The first conference of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Silk Road Support Group took place in Azerbaijan in March 2018. The purpose of the Minsk event is to present economic and investment capabilities of Belarus as an important hub of the Silk Road economic belt. The Minsk conference will be attended by MPs and business representatives from Austria, Azerbaijan, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Switzerland.
The OSCE PA Silk Road Support Group was set up at the 26th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk in 2017. The group is designed to expand the areas of cooperation and strengthen political, economic and cultural relations between the participating states. The group plays a role of a platform to promote mutually beneficial economic and trade ties, in particular through promoting connectivity and developing transport corridors, transport and trade facilitation measures, promoting free and secure movement of persons, goods, services and investments.
On picture: Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Boleslav Pirshtuk
