TBILISI (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova — Two of the most shocking terror attacks on Europe in recent times were the November 2015 series of bombings and shootings in Paris, which claimed the lives of 130 people, and March 2016 Brussels attacks, which saw 35 killed. The security situation is aggravated by the ongoing migrant crisis in the region, as extremists are feared to be infiltrating Europe among hundreds of thousands of refugees seeking asylum.
"We are challenged by new wave of terrorism. It is, of course, a great challenge for the world. We have a huge migration flows because of terrorism, because of wars and conflicts. We have to identify the most effective mechanism and the most effective tools. We need all countries of the OSCE area on board. We need a bigger collective effort to tackle terrorism," Tsereteli, who is a member of the Georgian delegation to the OSCE PA, said on the sidelines of the OSCE PA annual meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The election of the OSCE PA president and vice-presidents is expected to be held on the last day of the annual meeting that runs from July 1 to July 5. Aside from Tsereteli, candidates for the presidential post include two other OSCE PA vice-presidents, namely Austria’s Christine Muttonen and France’s Alain Neri.
Earlier in the day, Neri said that nations within the OSCE area needed to reunite against the terrorist threat as they did 70 years ago against the Nazi ideology.
