DUSHANBE, July 16, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi is departing for Almaty, Kazakhstan today afternoon to attend an informal two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the OSCE participating states that is opening there today, according to the Tajik MFA information department.

During his stay in Almaty, Zarifi is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from a number of the OSCE participating Sates, the Tajik MFA spokesman Davlat Nazriyev said. “Earlier, foreign ministers from 12 countries expressed wish to hold talks with Tajik foreign minister on sidelines of the Almaty meeting,” he noted.

In the meantime, OSCE reported on July 14 that the future of European security, support for Kyrgyzstan, engagement with Afghanistan, and possible topics for an OSCE Summit top the agenda of informal meeting of foreign ministers in Almaty.

The Almaty Informal provides the foreign ministers of the OSCE - the world''s biggest regional security organization which includes the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian areas - the opportunity to engage in frank dialogue about the region''s most pressing security challenges in an informal setting.