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Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister addresses OSCE, calls for work toward peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be advanced
Publishing date: 11 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 11 February 2016 – In his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov spoke about current security challenges in the South Caucasus and stressed the need to revitalize the Minsk Group for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE participating States adopt Declaration condemning 'brutal and indiscriminate' Paris attacks and recent terrorist atrocities
Publishing date: 17 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 17 November 2015 – In a special meeting of the Permanent Council to discuss the recent attacks in Paris, the OSCE’S 57 participating States today said they stand united in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism that leads to terrorism, "underlining that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization"...
SEECP Chair Daniel Mitov and RCC Secretary General Svilanovic stress deeper cooperation is key in address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 October 2015 –South East Europe (SEE), safer and more prosperous regional co-operation, were in focus of today’s OSCE Permanent Council address by the Chairperson of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and Regional Cooperation Council Secretary General Goran Svilanovic...
Turkic Speaking States to continue working with OSCE on addressing common challenges, senior officials tell OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 23 July 2015 – Turkic Speaking States will continue working with the OSCE to build a security community across the Eurasian space and to effectively address common challenges, said the Secretary General of the Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Ramil Hasanov, and the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA), Jandos Asanov, in their addresses to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...
Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Nikola Poposki addresses OSCE Permanent Council on political situation in country
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, reaffirmed his country’s commitments to European and Euro-Atlantic integration in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today. He also emphasized that European Union integration was of vital importance for the country...
Council of Europe Chair Bosnia and Herzegovina to intensify co-operation with OSCE, says Foreign Minister Crnadak
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 9 June 2015 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, which took up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, will work to intensify co-operation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE, said the country’s foreign minister Igor Crnadak as he addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...