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OSCE Special Representative welcomes recent meeting between Moldovan President and Transdniestrian leader and hopes for further “constructive, forward-looking dialogue”
Publishing date: 29 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 July 2020- The Special Representative of the Albanian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting welcomed yesterday’s meeting in Condrita between Moldovan President Igor Dodon and Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 28 July 2020
Publishing date: 28 July 2020
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE PA human rights leaders concerned over Poland's announced withdrawal from treaty on violence against women
Publishing date: 27 July 2020
COPENHAGEN, 27 July 2020 – Following an announcement stating Poland's intention to withdraw from a treaty on combating violence against women, the leaders of the OSCE PA’s human rights committee expressed concerns over the ongoing developments...
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Publishing date: 24 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW / PARIS / WASHINGTON, DC, 24 July 2020- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (PRCIO) Andrzej Kasprzyk released the following statement today:
Parliamentary leaders call on Foreign Ministers to rectify institutional crisis facing OSCE
Publishing date: 24 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 24 July 2020 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s elected Bureau today urged the personal attention of the Foreign Ministers of OSCE participating States to address the institutional crisis currently impacting the organization...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Rama welcomes agreement on additional measures to strengthen ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, urges further positive steps
Publishing date: 23 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TIRANA, 23 July 2020 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama, welcomed the agreement reached yesterday by the Trilateral Contact Group, with the participation of representatives of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, regarding additional measures to strengthen the ceasefire, aiming to ensure compliance with a comprehensive, sustainable and unlimited ceasefire. The agreement is due to come into force from 27 July 2020 until the comprehensive settlement of the conflict...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 22 July 2020
Publishing date: 23 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 23 July 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing...