VIENNA, 18 January 2010 - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, will address the OSCE's Permanent Council on Tuesday, 19 January.

He is expected to discuss EU priorities and EU-OSCE co-operation. Moratinos was the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in 2007.

The Permanent Council is a main decision-making body of the 56-country OSCE. It meets weekly in Vienna to discuss developments in the OSCE area and to make appropriate decisions.

Journalists are invited to cover the speech, set to start at 11:00, 19 January, in the Neuer Saal of the Hofburg Congress Centre.

For admittance to the Hofburg Congress Centre, please bring your OSCE press badge or a valid press card to the security desk (main entrance from the Heldenplatz). Parking is available for the press during the event in the OSCE-reserved parking area on Heldenplatz. Temporary parking permits must be collected from the security desk.