Athens and OSCE proposal for N. Africa

VIENNA (ANA-MPA) -- A Greek proposal for assistance by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) towards the democratic transition in Egypt and Tunisia was submitted here during the winter plenum of the OSCE's parliamentary sssembly.

The start of the assembly's two-day sessions was declared by the Greek president of the parliamentary assembly, Petros Efthymiou, in the presence of Austria's Federal President, Heinz Fischer.

In his opening address, Efthymiou stressed the contribution of the so-called Corfu Process, during the Greek presidency at the OSCE in 2009 as well as that of the summit in Astana last December, towards strengthening the momentum and the revival of the Organisation's political character.