OSCE has begun implementing Civic Action for Security and Environment (CASE) Programme in Azerbaijan, APA reports. A meeting was held with the representatives of civil society in OSCE Office in Baku. The programme supporting the civil society’s initiatives concerning security and environment is financed by Statoil company and the government of Austria.

Melissa Stone, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Baku said security and environment were very important in OSCE member states in terms of stability and flourishing.

Representative of ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Amil Safiyev said that the ministry was also implementing similar program on the protection of environment. He said there were programmes to improve the ecological state of the Caspian, clear oil-contaminated lands in Bibiheybet, improve sewerage system. Amil Safiyev noted that environment would be the priority in Azerbaijan next year.