DUSHANBE, February 24, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi yesterday received Ambassador Adam Kobieracki, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two exchanged views on a broad range of issues related to the current situation in the Central Asian region and withdrawal of NATO/ISAF combat forces from Afghanistan in 2014.

Zarifi and Kobieracki also discussed state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Ambassador Adam Kobieracki assumed the position of Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre on June 1, 2011.  He served in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1982, most recently as the Director for Security Policy.  From 2003 to 2007 he was NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations in Brussels. Kobieracki headed the Polish delegation to the OSCE in Vienna from 1997 to 2000 and chaired the Permanent Council in 1998.  He was involved in negotiations of the OSCE Vienna Document 1994 and the adaption of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty in 1999.

The Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) supports the Chairman-in-Office and other OSCE bodies in the fields of early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. It plays a key role in supporting OSCE field operations.