New OSCE Chairperson calls for joint commitment to resolve existing conflicts

The new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, urged the Organization's participating States to focus on resolving existing conflicts and achieving concrete progress in addressing transnational threats.

Priorities of the Lithuanian Chairmanship include contributing to progress in the resolution of protracted conflicts in the OSCE area, Ažubalis made inauguration speech at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna.

He said the Chairmanship would push for a resumption of formal "5+2" negotiations on Moldova, use the Geneva process to rebuild trust and work to restore a meaningful OSCE presence in Georgia; and support greater engagement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to re-energize political negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh.

In general, the Lithuanian chairmanship intends to promote the process of creating a united and indivisible community of security in the OSCE area, in accordance with the decisions of last year's summit in Astana.


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