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OSCE Chairman stresses need for peaceful solution in Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 14 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 14 July 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, stressed the need to find a peaceful solution to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman denounces detentions in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 8 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 8 July 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy expressed grave concern on Thursday over recent developments in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and called for the immediate release of Georgian citizens detained by South Ossetian...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for settlement and easing of tension in Moldova
Publishing date: 22 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to speed up negotiations to make real progress in the Transdniestrian settlement process...
OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attack in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ZAGREB, 10 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Chechnya, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other people were killed. He called the Grozny bomb blast "a vicious act of"...
OSCE Chairman welcomes peaceful resolution to crisis in Ajara region of Georgia
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C., 6 May 2004- Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated President Mikheil Saakashvili, the people of Georgia and the government on achieving a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ajara...
OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...
OSCE Permanent Council Chairman meets Albanian opposition leaders
Publishing date: 26 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 26 March 2004- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Ivo Petrov of Bulgaria, and several OSCE ambassadors met Albanian opposition leaders in Vienna on 24 March. The ambassadors exchanged views on a number of current...