An international conference dedicated to preparations to the 14th economic forum of OSCE member-countries will be organized in Baku on 16-17 March 2006. Baku office of the organization told Trend that the conference which will focus on removal of risks in the sphere of transport security within the OSCE will bring together over 100 delegates from foreign countries.
Attending the conference will be an envoy of the OSCE chairman-in-office, the OSCE coordinator on economic and environmental issues and UN experts.
Baku for the first time will host a conference of such scale, which is one of three preparatory events to be held under the 14th economic forum of OSCE due in Prague in May 2006.
Meanwhile, Ulvi Akhundlu, spokesman for the Baku Office of OSCE, noted that invitations for the conference had been sent to 55 ember-states of the organization, including Armenia. The conference is organized by the OSCE and the leadership of the organization sent invitations to all member-countries of the organization, Akhundlu, noting the absence of information on the participation of the Armenian delegates at the event.