Problems and Perspectives of Cooperation between Kyrgyz Republic and the OSCE (Military-Political Aspects)

As a result of the Kyrgyz Republic becoming a full-fledged member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the 30th of January, 1992 and signing up all fundamental documents of the Helsinki Final Act on the 8th of June, 1992 and the Charter of Paris for a New Europe on the 3rd of June, 1994, the Kyrgyz Republic administration has been showing commitment to fulfill all accepted obligations of the Organization and illustrating it with cooperation at military-political, social, economical and ecological fields as well as providing a space for organizing the OSCE events at the country. The OSCE' consultancy and expert assistance is heavily practiced in many fields. At the current moment, there is a high level of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan' government and OSCE's institutions that focuses on main aspects of the country's security. According to the mandate of the OSCE Head Office in Bishkek, any political or military cooperation should focus on three key points: development of political institutes, conflict prevention and anti-terror. At the current stage, the Kyrgyz Republic is focused on specifying cooperation plans in military-political field and security policy with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The political leadership of the country insists on accelerating the Organization engagement in the military-political field and multifaceted security problems, even after disagreement with the Organization's senior management and downgrading the status of the OSCE in Kyrgyzstan from the Head Office to a Program Office. After becoming a Program Office, the OSCE senior management has intensified the cooperation in the military-political field. Apart from supporting military institute, the Organization started to provide consultancy and technical support to the law enforcement in terms of new law enforcement reforms. The necessity to shape new cooperation plans between the Kyrgyz Republic and the OSCE were, first of all, focused on improving cooperation in military-political field and security policy, and its' immediate implementation with close and active participation of military and law enforcement institutes of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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