Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 February / Trend corr. K.Ramazanova / The new OSCE office in Baku will play a key role to establish relations between the State and the public in Azerbaijan, Ilkka Kanerva, the OSCE acting chairman, stated to journalists during the opening ceremony of the OSCE new office in Baku, Trend reported.
"The new office will promote activate discussions around the democratic process, ecology and other issues involving the public," Kanerva stated.
Araz Azimov, the deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, said that the visit of the OSCE acting chairman to the country was very significant for the current difficult situation in the region. " Azerbaijan rests huge hopes on OSCE," he said. The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the most relevant issue for Azerbaijan, Azimov said.
The OSCE Baku office has been functioning for 8 years and is located in the Landmark Business Centre.