OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pia Kauma will tour Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia from 12 to 20 November. According to a statement on the OSCE PA website, the purpose of the trip is to promote the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan through the means of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
"As an organization, the OSCE can act as a natural platform for dialogue on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Kauma said.
Note that Kauma was received by President Ilham Aliyev in Baku today. She will also hold meetings with the Foreign Minister and the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament.
From Azerbaijan, Kauma will travel to Georgia, where she will meet with the country's President Salome Zurabishvili, the Speaker of Parliament, several Ministers, the country's delegation to the OSCE, and representatives of the government and opposition parties.
In Armenia, she will be received by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Speaker of Parliament, and the Foreign Minister.
Kauma will also meet with refugees from Karabakh.
Next, she will chair the OSCE PA General Assembly in Yerevan on 18-20 November.
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