News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Minsk Group discusses preparations for Paris summit on Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers
Publishing date: 25 September 2014
New York City, 25 September 2014 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) met with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov this week at the United Nations General Assembly. The Co-Chairs were joined by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
OSCE PA South Caucasus Representative urges fresh commitment from all sides to Nagorno-Karabakh resolution
Publishing date: 5 August 2014
COPENHAGEN, 5 August 2014 – Joao Soares (MP, Portugal), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus, today expressed deep concern over recent deadly violence along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and urged all parties to the conflict to recommit themselves to finding a peaceful resolution...
Azerbaijan’s President, OSCE Chair-in-Office open OSCE PA Annual Session
Publishing date: 28 June 2014
BAKU, 28 June 2014 – The 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session has begun in Baku, with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Swiss President and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter addressing nearly 300 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations...
In Yerevan OSCE Chairperson-in-Office encourages intensified negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and pledges continued OSCE support to reforms
Publishing date: 4 June 2014
YEREVAN, 4 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, on an official visit to Yerevan today commended Armenia for its close cooperation with the OSCE Office in the implementation of a broad range of domestic reforms. Burkhalter said, after his meeting with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, that the OSCE is committed to continue supporting the country on its path of democratic reform.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits Baku, calls for intensified peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and welcomes establishment of OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s Office
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
BAKU, 2 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, started his official trip to the South Caucasus today with a visit to Baku, where he discussed with President llham Aliyev new aspects of co-operation between the OSCE and Azerbaijan, and called for implementing tension-reducing measures regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 20 May 2014
BAKU, 19 May 2014- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, travelled to the region May 16-19. They were joined by Ambassador Pierre Andrieu, who will take over as French Co-Chair in June.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office remembers 20 years of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Bern, 12 May 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, welcomed the statement made today by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in commemoration of the ceasefire that entered into force on 12 May 1994. He expressed his gratitude to the Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and to Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Personal Representative on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, for their tireless mediation efforts...