Alexander Lukashevich, Permanent Representative of Russia to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said that the OSCE cannot be used to resolve the Ukraine crisis. He reacted to Finnish President Sauli Niinistö’s statement on the possibility of benefiting from the OSCE in 2025 during the Helsinki presidency for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The newspaper writes that “News”.
Lukashevich recalled that Russia accepted the presidency of Finland when it was “militarily neutral”. But given Finland’s participation in NATO and its openly pro-Ukrainian stance, “more questions arise than answers.”
The diplomat expressed his doubts that the OSCE could be a platform for resolving the crisis in Ukraine. He noted that the explanation about the possibility of using the OSCE for negotiations left the President of Finland to a pang of conscience, but he was not sure of this and did not think it was possible.
Lukashevich also declarationDespite the absence of any discussion of Russia’s withdrawal from the OSCE, despite the “overheated atmosphere of conflict”, Russia remains a platform for interaction with the West.
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