Former Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu has been elected new OSCE Secretary General. At a press conference dedicated to the results of the 31st meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which concluded its work in Malta today, the current OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Malta, Ian Borg, introduced the new Secretary General to the media.
In his statement to ARB24 Television, human rights defender Dr. Ahmad Shahidov, who is currently in Malta, characterized the election of a Turkish diplomat as the new OSCE Secretary General as a diplomatic success for Turkey and the Turkic states.
