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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Communiqué of the mediators and observers following their visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
CHISINAU, 6 April 2016- On 5 and 6 April 2016, visits to Chisinau and Tiraspol were made by the mediators and the observers in the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process on the Transdniestrian Settlement in the 5+2 format...
OSCE participating States discuss recent escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
VIENNA, 5 April 2016- At a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ambassador James Warlick, representing the three Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, and the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, informed the 57 OSCE participating States about recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls on the sides in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to cease hostilities immediately
Publishing date: 2 April 2016
BERLIN, 2 April- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is actively involved in the efforts to de-escalate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He is extremely concerned about the situation, as the ceasefire violations seem to have reached a new quality compared to previous years...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier expresses concern over developments in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
Publishing date: 2 April 2016
BERLIN, 2 April 2016- With respect to the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said today in Berlin:...
OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative Gernot Erler welcomes release by Azerbaijan of human rights activist Intiqam Aliyev
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
BERLIN, 1 April 2016- Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for the OSCE Chairmanship, issued the following statement today on the decision by the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan to release the lawyer and human rights defender Intiqam Aliyev from imprisonment on 28 March 2016...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister sign agreement on extending operations of OSCE Academy
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
BISHKEK, 1 April 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev yesterday signed an agreement on extending the current operating modalities and academic independence of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier to visit participating States in Central Asia
Publishing date: 29 March 2016
BERLIN, 29 March 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to depart for Central Asia this evening, where he will visit the OSCE participating States of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from 30 March to 1 April. He will hold talks with political leaders and meet representatives of civil society in all three countries...