As an OSCE Co-Chair, Kazakhstan might give a new impetus to the settlement of the conflicts in OSCE area, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev said in the course of his phone conversation with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

The officials underlined significance of the progress and support of multi-sided efforts into the settlement of so called “protracted conflicts” primarily on the territory of former Soviet Union.

According to Kazakhstan Today, in-depth knowledge of history and current state of these conflicts by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as well as confidence and respect towards him in CIS countries, offers hope that Astana will be capable of gaining momentum to the settlement of the conflicts.

Kazakhstan holds OSCE presidency in 2010.

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