RIA NOVOSTI 8 April 2010 Préoccupée par les troubles au Kirghizstan, l'Assemblée parlementaire de l'Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE) invite les parties en conflit à faire preuve de retenue et à chercher un règlement négocié à la crise, a annoncé le président de l'Assemblée Joao Soares. "Il est absolument inadmissible que les leaders politiques, dont d'anciens membres de l'Assemblée parlementaire de l'OSCE, soient

COPENHAGEN, 29 March 2010 – Expressing his deep sympathy for the victims and families of this morning’s terrorist attacks in Moscow, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Joao Soares, strongly condemned the attacks. “Nothing can justify the senseless killings that took place in Moscow this morning. The perpetrators of these terrorist attacks are criminals and must be dealt with in precisely this manner. A thorough and transparent

COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2010 – The heads of three European parliamentary bodies dealing with Belarus have firmly condemned the execution of Andrei Zhuk and Vasily Yuzepchuk which, according to human rights organisations, took place in Belarus last week in complete secrecy and which has yet to be confirmed officially by the authorities. The statement was made by Sinikka Hurskainen, Jacek Protasiewicz and Uta Zapf, who head the bodies dealing with

TREND NEWS AGENCY 13 March 2010 Editor's note: Statements of OSCE Special Representative on the Nagorno-Karabakh were added in the article Azerbaijan, Baku, March 13 / Trend E.Ostapenko / It is a golden time to establish a peace and security in the South Caucasus region, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) President Joao Soares believes. "We are here to promote peace and cooperation in the Caucasus at the parliamentary level," he told journalists

NEWS.AZ 13 March 2010 OSCE is watching the activities of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the establishment of regional peace and stability with attention and admiration, chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Joao Soares, told a meeting with the Armenian president. Soares added that the OSCE attaches special importance to the settlement of conflicts in the region. In turn, the President of Armenia thanked the chairman of the OSCE

NEWS.AZ 10 March 2010 Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili hosted the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares in Batumi, Adjara Region yesterday. President guided the guest in the streets of reconstructed seaside city and to the sightseeings. They also walked in the Batumi Boulevard. Mr. Soares continues official meetings with Georgian authorities in Tbilisi. He will discuss situation in the country with the deputy minister