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By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met newly appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku Alexis Chahtahtinsky on March 5, AzerTag state news agency reported.

Mammadyarov congratulated Chahtahtinsky on his new appointment, and wished him successes in his activities.

They also exchanged views over the Azerbaijan-OSCE cooperation.

Following the adoption of a new mandate by the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 July 2013, the OSCE Office in Baku was transformed into the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku as of 1 January 2014.

The Project Co-ordinator will build on the valuable work done by the OSCE Office in Baku. The head of the Baku office will also be the Projects Co-ordinator.

Chahtahtinsky took the office from March 1, 2014.

Prior to this appointment, Chahtahtinsky served in Paris at the Foreign Ministry's Policy Planning Centre and as Special Adviser to the French Minister for Europe.

A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience in European security, he has served in various postings abroad: Head of the NATO Information Office in Moscow, Chargé d'Affaires in Belarus and Tajikistan, and Consul General of France in Krakow (Poland).

He also previously served as Deputy Head of the former OSCE Office in Baku.