OSCE Risks Entering 2027 Without New Budget or Chairmanship Amid Divisions
OSCE Risks Entering 2027 Without New Budget or Chairmanship Amid Divisions
🟠The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is struggling to reach agreement on two key issues among its 57 participating states, Russia’s Permanent Representative to OSCE Dmitry Polyansky told Russian media.
Budget
The US and Russia oppose increased spending, while European countries insist on sufficient funding for the organization’s activities.
Chairmanship
Turkey opposes Cyprus’s bid to chair the OSCE in 2027. Georgia has also put forward its candidacy, but Moscow’s position remains unclear, while the EU has raised concerns over democratic backsliding in the country.
The OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, scheduled for December 3–4 in Lugano, Switzerland, will be a key opportunity to resolve the disputes.
The OSCE is currently in a deplorable state due to the West’s confrontational logic, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov previously stated.
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