Over 200 OSCE Parliamentarians from 50 OSCE countries are expected to participate in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly`s Ninth Fall Meetings taking place Palermo, Sicily, from 8-11 October. The previous Fall Meetings were held in Athens, Greece.
Hosted by the Sicilian Regional Assembly, the Fall Meetings include meetings of the Assembly`s Mediterranean Forum and Standing Committee and a Conference on "The Fight against Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption."
Featured speakers will include OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou (Greece), OSCE PA Vice President and head of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly, Riccardo Migliori, as well as Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, and OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut.
The main speakers from Italy are Francesco Cascio, President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly, and the Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Senate, Gianfranco Fini and Renato Schifani, as well as several Cabinet ministers.
Azerbaijan`s parliamentary delegation led by vice-speaker of Milli Majlis Bahar Muradova will attend the session.
The delegation includes MPs Rabiyyat Aslanova and Fazil Mustafa.