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Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in resolving the crisis in and around Ukraine

Serbia took over the OSCE Chairmanship from Switzerland on 1 January 2015 with a pledge to rebuild trust across the OSCE region and confidence in order to create a positive agenda for the future.

“The situation in and around Ukraine continues to pose a serious threat to the stability of the region and beyond…  It was crucial to invest all efforts to achieve a sustainable ceasefire and full cessation of hostilities,” said Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dačić, in his address to the first OSCE Permanent Council of the year on 15 January.

The Serbian OSCE Chairmanship has been building on the work done the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship over 2014 to move towards a peaceful resolution to the crisis.

Latest news and updates on the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work in this area are listed below.

  • OSCE Troika meets in Helsinki on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act
    HELSINKI, 10 July 2015 – Members of the OSCE Troika, represented by the current and previous Chairpersons-in-Office - Ivica Dačić, Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and the Special Representative of the incoming Chairmanship, Gernot Erler of Germany, met today on the margins of the OSCE Informal High-Level Meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the Helsinki Final Act. The members of the Troika were also received by the Finnish President Sauli Niinistö...
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    10 July 2015
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  • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić appoints new Special Representative in Ukraine
    BELGRADE, 22 June 2015– The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today appointed Ambassador Martin Sajdik (Austria) as his new Special Representative in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group. He follows Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini (Switzerland) who, having fulfilled this assignment for one year, expressed her wish to step down...
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    22 June 2015
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  • Time to replace the culture of confrontation with co-operation and joint action, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
    VIENNA, 17 June 2015 - Replacing the current culture of confrontation with one of co-operation and joint action will make European security architecture more resilient, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today as he addressed a meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Core Group and members of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security...
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    17 June 2015
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  • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for restraint following recent escalation in violence in eastern Ukraine
    BELGRADE, 4 June 2015 –OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today condemned the latest surge in violence in eastern Ukraine, and called on all parties to return to the negotiating table, pursue a political solution to the conflict through the Trilateral Contact Group and its working groups, as well as to fully respect the Minsk Agreements. “This is the only way to bring suffering of innocent civilians to an end,” said Dačić.
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    4 June 2015
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  • Chairperson Dačić calls on all sides to send a message of peace during World War II commemoration events
    BELGRADE, 8 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today called on all sides in eastern Ukraine to ensure that commemoration events scheduled for this weekend are peaceful.
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    8 May 2015
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  • Chairperson Dačić welcomes inauguration of working groups under Trilateral Contact Group auspices
    BELGRADE, 7 May 2015 - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić welcomed the successful launching of working groups under the auspices of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG). Yesterday’s TCG meeting in Minsk was convened to inaugurate the activities of the working groups established in line with point 13 of the Package of Measures on the Implementation of Minsk Agreements...
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    7 May 2015
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  • Joint press statement of Trilateral Contact Group: Trilateral Contact Group launches activities of working groups advancing implementation of Minsk arrangements
    MINSK, 6 May 2015 – The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, convened a meeting in Minsk today to inaugurate the activities of working groups. Representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions also took part in the meeting...
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    6 May 2015
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  • OSCE CiO Dačić condemns ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, appeals for boost to political process
    BELGRADE, 03 May 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today condemned violations of the cease-fire along the line of contact in eastern Ukraine during the last few days, and expressed in particular serious concern over the use of proscribed heavy weapons as well as the increased fighting in and around Donetsk and Shyrokyne. He once again reiterated the call, supported in Belgrade last week by the ministerial OSCE Troika, to all sides to fully and unconditionally respect the cease-fire, end all hostilities and implement all provisions from the Minsk Agreements, including the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
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    3 May 2015
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