US: European Security Dialogue main outcome of OSCE meeting

WASHINGTON DC, 14 January 2022, (TON): The launch of the European Security Dialogue was the main outcome of the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, no one expected an agreement to be reached.

This was stated by Michael Carpenter, US Permanent Representative to the OSCE, at an online briefing for journalists.

“Today was the first meeting of the Permanent Council in 2022. Usually such meetings are dedicated to the fact that the chairman presents the priorities for this year. This is what Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau has done. on launching or intensifying a dialogue on European security.

He said “we are going to launch a new process, within the framework of which issues of European security will be discussed. The main concerns of all countries at the negotiating table.”

He added “this [discussion of such issues] a lengthy process. These are [usually] complex, technical negotiations that take time.”

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