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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the Chairmanship on the Trilateral Contact Group consultations in Minsk on 31 January 2015
Publishing date: 1 February 2015
MINSK, 31 January 2015- The participants in the Trilateral Contact Group came to Minsk for consultations with the representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The TCG had prepared a detailed plan for the concrete implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, which continue to be the indispensable basis for any peaceful settlement...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić regrets loss of lives, calls for immediate and urgent ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 January 2015
BELGRADE, 31 January 2015 – In the course of the past 24 hours the situation has rapidly deteriorated in eastern Ukraine impacting innocent civilians. Lives have been lost and many have been injured...
Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
MINSK, 30 January 2015- On 28 January President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with the representatives of the Trilateral Contact Group, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, representative of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, and representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov to exchange views on the most pressing questions relating to the de-escalation of the situation in some districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions...
Statament by the OSCE Chairperson and the Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
The Special Representative of the CiO to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, wishes to emphasize that her representatives have been waiting in Minsk since yesterday morning in order to prepare for a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group with representatives from certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. Their efforts to contact these representatives were not successful. Ambassador Tagliavini and her representatives continue to be ready for a meeting at any time, and they continue being actively working for this purpose...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office appeals for renewed Minsk peace dialogue
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
BELGRADE, 29 January 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, this evening held a telephone conversation with his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who briefed him on the latest developments in the implementation of the peace plan in eastern Ukraine...
Strengthening regional co-operation in Western Balkans one of key 2015 priorities, says OSCE Chairperson Dačić on visit to Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine
BELGRADE, 29 January 2015- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić’s meetings at the OSCE Mission to Serbia today mark the beginning of his visits to the Organization's field operations aimed at conveying the Chairmanship’s support for their work and activities, as well as highlighting their importance in building democratic institutions, the rule of law, and respect for human rights. It also signifies the importance the Chairmanship places on the region...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić voices concern over recent developments on Armenian-Azerbaijani border and Line of Contact
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
BELGRADE, 27 January 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić expressed concern at recent developments on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line of Contact. “I would like to urge the sides to ensure a full ceasefire and cessation of hostilities as stipulated in the May 1994 agreement,” he said. “I deplore the upsurge in acts of violence resulting in loss of lives, and I call on the sides to demonstrate responsibility and avoid steps that would lead to further escalation...