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The SMM recorded ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, some of which were assessed to be training activities...

BELGRADE, 4 December 2015 – Only through dialogue can enduring and sustainable solutions be found to the crisis in and around Ukraine, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić on Thursday as he joined his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group and the OSCE’s Chief Monitor in addressing a side event on the margins of the 22nd Ministerial Council in Belgrade...

BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- A diplomatic process that explores the common problems of European States carefully, confidentially and systematically is needed to overcome the current divisions and uncertainties over security, concludes the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project, presented today on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...

BELGRADE, 3 December 2015 – The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council began today in Belgrade with a call for greater efforts to rebuild consensus on European security and renewed dialogue based on full respect for OSCE principles and commitments...

BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- Today, the Panel of Eminent Persons has published its Final Report, one year after the Panel was launched jointly by Switzerland, Serbia and Germany at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel...

BELGRADE, 3 December 2015- During the Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE Troika on the margins of the 22nd Ministerial Council in Belgrade, the Foreign Ministers of the current, previous and incoming OSCE Chairmanships- Serbia, Switzerland and Germany, respectively – reaffirmed their full support to the political process within the Trilateral Contact Group and the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), emphasizing that the Minsk agreements should be fully implemented. This implies upholding the ceasefire and moving forward with the political process...

The SMM recorded some explosions in Donetsk region, including in the area around Donetsk airport, and small-arms fire in Luhansk region. Its freedom of movement was restricted four times in areas not controlled by the Government, resulting, in one instance, in not being able to reach the respective border regions...