OSCE Chairmanship says no further talks for now on additional monitors for Georgia
(OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)Empty desks with headphones for translation at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting hall before the start of a meeting at the Hofburg in Vienna, 18 May 2006. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev) Photo details
VIENNA, 18 September 2008 - The Finnish Chairmanship of the OSCE's decision-making Permanent Council made the following statement today:
"The Chairmanship regrets to inform the OSCE participating States that negotiations on the draft decision on the modalities for additional Military Monitoring Officers in Georgia have not brought any result. There was no basis for consensus. Therefore, the Chairmanship has come to the conclusion, with the parties involved, that there is no point in continuing negotiations in Vienna, at this stage.
"The Chairmanship worked intensively with the parties involved until yesterday to explore all possible avenues for a compromise."