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Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, 24 May, 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region May 23-24 to continue their efforts to help the sides find a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku on 23 May, and Armenian President Sargsian in Yerevan on 24 May...
OSCE, Kyrgyzstan’s Border Service support early-warning groups in cross-border areas
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a meeting on 22 May 2013 in Ala-Buka town, that focused on the planned activities for a pilot early-warning group, supervised by the State Border Service, in the Ala-Buka district of the Jalal-Abad district of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE reacts to inaccurate reports about detained personnel
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 22 May 2013 – A number of inaccuracies have been reported in the media with regard to alleged detention of OSCE personnel in Moldova/Transdniestria. No OSCE staff members have been detained. The OSCE Mission continues to operate in accordance with its mandate on both sides of the Dniester/Nistru River.
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KRAKOW, Poland, 17 May 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met today with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings...
Human rights, resolving protracted conflicts vital to regional security, OSCE Chairperson tells US Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 9 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WASHINGTON D.C., 9 May 2013 – Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and making progress in resolving protracted conflicts are top priorities of his country’s OSCE Chairmanship, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told the US Helsinki Commission at a hearing on 8 May in Washington D.C.
OSCE Chairperson calls on Chisinau and Tiraspol to preserve stability and keep calm in the region
Publishing date: 27 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 27 April 2013- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara today expressed his concern over recent actions that took place in the Security Zone, affecting calm and stability in the region...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova reacts to last night´s incidents
Publishing date: 27 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 27 April 2013- "I strongly condemn the incidents that happened last night in the Security Zone and call for the reduction of tensions between the sides. I discourage the Transdniestrian side from taking further unilateral actions that could destabilize the situation," said today Ambassador Jennifer Brush, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova.