News and press releases

KYIV, 26 January 2022 – The Special Representative of the OSCE ChairpersonChairman-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:

ERGNETI, 20 January 2022 — The 104th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti, under the co-facilitation of Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Viorel Moşanu, newly appointed Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.

VIENNA, 13 January 2022 – Poland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2022 intends to promote and advance the rational, smart and flexible use of the OSCE’s unique tools and negotiation formats. “We need to reinvigorate the debate about European security. Let us start a process that will help us to uphold the Helsinki principles in full conformity with international law,” OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau said in his address to the Permanent Council in Vienna today.

VIENNA, 12 January 2022 – The Polish OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office expresses deep concern about renewed clashes along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and that this violence resulted in casualties.

WARSAW/NUR-SULTAN, 10 JANUARY 2022– OSCE Chairman-in Office Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau spoke today on the phone with Acting Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi.

WARSAW/VIENNA, 5 JANUARY 2022- I am closely following recent developments in Kazakhstan. I strongly believe that violence is never an appropriate response for resolving such tensions. This is why I call for a peaceful return to order and respect for democratic processes, while rights and freedoms, including freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, must be protected.

VIENNA/WARSAW, 1 January 2022 – Poland takes over the OSCE Chair today and will focus on making progress towards a peaceful resolution of conflicts in the OSCE area, in line with OSCE principles and commitments.