DUSHANBE, October 5, Asia-Plus — OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut has arrived in Tajikistan to attend a summit meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that will be held in Dushanbe on October 6.
According to the OSCE Center in Dushanbe, during his stay in the Tajik capital, the OSCE Secretary General is also scheduled to hold talks with Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, the CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha and other high-ranking participants at the summit.
Prior to his appointment as OSCE Secretary General in June 2005, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut held senior positions in the French administration as well as in international organizations as a member of the Conseil d”Etat.
The OSCE first established a presence in Tajikistan in early 1994 when it opened the Mission to Tajikistan. In October 2002, it was renamed the Centre in Dushanbe and its tasks were broadened. The Centre has steadily grown to include 15 international and 87 local staff members as of June 2007.
The Centre, which is based in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, has five field offices in Gharm, Khujand, Kulob, Qurghon Teppa and Shahritus. OSCE activities in the country fall into one or more of the following areas: politico-military dimension of security; human dimension of security; and economic and environmental dimension of security.
