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Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

959th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

959th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Address by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group. Address by the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Armenia, Annex 1; Azerbaijan, Annex 2). Report by the Head of the High-Level Planning Group, Lieutenant Colonel Sulo Mustafaraj. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners, Dr. Volker Frobarth. Report by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Henrik Villadsen. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 3). Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nuremberg Tribunal. Human rights violations in Belarus. Situation in the de-occupied territories of Azerbaijan in the context of implementation of the trilateral agreement of 9 November (Azerbaijan, Annex 4). Presidential elections in Moldova, held on 1 and 15 November 2020. Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, to be held on 10 January 2021. Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 15 November 2020.

Russian Federation (Annex 1). Security Dialogue: Hybrid Threats and Modern Warfare: – Presentation by Mr. O. Lytvynenko, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine; – Presentation by Mr. M. Rühle, Head of the Hybrid Challenges and Energy Security Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO International Staff; – Presentation by Ms. I. Žukauskienė, Counsellor, Cyber Security and Information Technology Policy Group, Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania (United States of America, Annex 2; Canada, Annex 3; United Kingdom, Annex 4).

The scope of this Joint Opinion covers only the constitutional and legislative revisions officially submitted for review (“the amendments”). In particular, it will not address the amendments brought by law No. 101/2020 adopted on 23 July 2020. Thus limited, the Joint Opinion does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework governing elections in Albania.