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Partners for Co-operation

The representatives of several OSCE partners for co-operation listen through headsets as the interpreters behind them provide translations at the opening of the OSCE's Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 30 September 2010. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)
The representatives of several OSCE partners for co-operation listen through headsets as the interpreters behind them provide translations at the opening of the OSCE's Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 30 September 2010. (OSCE/Curtis Budden)

The OSCE maintains special relations with 11 countries, which are known as Partners for Co-operation. Six of them are in the Mediterranean region, and four are in Asia, in addition to Australia.

Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation

The OSCE maintains special relations with the following six Mediterranean countries:

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia

Asian Partners for Co-operation

Starting from the early 1990s, formal relations were also initiated with the following Asian countries:

  • Japan (1992)
  • South Korea (1994)
  • Thailand (2000)
  • Afghanistan (2003)

In 2009, Australia was granted the status of Partner for Co-operation and invited to participate in the meetings of the Contact Group with the Asian Partners for Co-operation.

For more information on Partners for Co-operation, please see the information available from the External Co-operation unit of the Secretariat (link on the right).