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Dialogue, co-operation and multilateralism only way to safer future say OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General at Munich Security Conference
Publishing date: 17 February 2019
MUNICH, Germany, 17 February 2019 – At the Munich Security Conference, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, both stressed that no single country can tackle today’s security challenges alone. Dialogue, co-operation and multilateralism are the only way to a safer future they reiterated, a message shared by many participants of this leading global gathering that focuses on security policy as well as current and future security challenges.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Miroslav Lajčák meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin
Publishing date: 17 February 2019
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin ahead of tomorrow’s discussion on Ukraine at the EU Foreign Affairs Council.
At meeting on scales of contributions, OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative Parízek calls on States to translate words into concrete action
Publishing date: 15 February 2019
VIENNA, 15 February 2019 – At today’s second meeting of the Informal Working Group on Scales of Contributions of the OSCE, Special Representative of the Chairmanship Slovak State Secretary Lukáš Parízek, who chairs the Group, urged all participating States to focus above all else on management and finances of the OSCE...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 13 February 2019
Publishing date: 14 February 2019
MINSK, 14 February 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 13 February 2019:...
Statement by Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, on occasion of fourth anniversary of signing of “Package of Measures for Implementation of Minsk Agreements”
Publishing date: 12 February 2019
KYIV, 12 February 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued today the following statement...
Need to make full use of dialogue platforms main message of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák during official visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 11 February 2019
TBILISI, 11 February 2019 – Concluding his two-day visit to Georgia today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák, stressed that stronger co-operation with Georgia, and a continued full commitment to the Geneva International Discussions and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism are high on Slovakia’s agenda as 2019 OSCE Chair...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčak and Ukraine Foreign Minister Klimkin discuss upcoming Ukrainian presidential election during phone call
Publishing date: 8 February 2019
Bratislava, 8 February 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák, today called the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin to discuss the upcoming 31 March 2019 presidential election in Ukraine. Among various issues addressed by the ministers was the support of OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in observing the upcoming election, provided in response to an official invitation from Ukraine.