The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is facing crisis and destruction due to the reluctance of Russia and Belarus to confirm the Estonian presidency in 2024. This was expressed by Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. Yle.
According to the rules, the president must be approved by all 57 member states. However, Moscow and Minsk did not approve of Estonia’s presidential candidacy, and Tallinn is not ready to give up its candidacy.
“If there is no president in 2024 and there is no consensus on this issue, next year will be the year that the OSCE will collapse as an organization,” Haavisto said.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was established in Budapest in 1994. Currently, the OSCE is the only European security organization to unite Russia, the United States and Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko criticized Western states are taking irresponsible steps within the framework of the UN and OSCE. According to him, organizations are biased in favor of the West.
On April 3, the Council of the State Duma decided. suspension Payment of contributions to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly budget for 2023.
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow will not transmit Due to the transfer of OSCE military information to the armed forces of Ukraine.