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Ambassador Bencun takes part in OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, October 24 (FENA) - Ambassador Siniša Bencun,Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations in Vienna takes part in the OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana today and tomorrow.

The Conference focuses on the 25th Anniversary of the Mediterranean Contact Group and the achievements, challenges and future opportunities for OSCE cooperation with six Mediterranean Partnership countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and Israel). Albanian Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj opened the Conference, and one of the keynote speakers was Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Szijjarto, the BiH Foreign Ministry stated.

Ambassador Bencun thanked Albanian hosts of the conference and expressed hope that their OSCE Chairmanship next year would encourage the Western Balkan countries to speak as much as possible in a common language with the OSCE and other regional organizations. 

In a session on youth inclusion as a prevention tool in the fight against violent extremism and radicalism, Ambassador Bencun stressed that transnational threats must be addressed on regional rather than local platforms, and welcomed the work of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in the Western Balkans. He added that this and similar regional initiatives could also be mapped out in the Mediterranean Partnership countries, with the aim of intensively working with young people that will result in prevention of extremism and radicalism.

Tomorrow the conference will focus on a session “Building bridges between the two shores of the Mediterranean – the role of connectivity, digitalization, sustainable development and economic growth in advancing common security in the Mediterranean,” it is said in a statement.

(FENA) A. B.

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