OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde appointed Special Representative for South Caucasus, Trend reports citing OSCE.

OSCE’s 2021 priorities aim to contribute to resolving the conflicts in its region, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde said presenting Programme of the Swedish OSCE Chairpersonship, Trend reports.

OSCE welcomes the efficient organization of elections in Kazakhstan held on Jan. 10, 2021, OSCE Special Co-ordinator Kristian Vigenin said, Trend reports citing OSCE.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde have discussed regional situation and the implementation of the Karabakh peace deal dated November 10.

Everybody understands very well that the OSCE Minsk Group has virtually ceased to exist, head of the Center for Strategic Analysis of the Russian Institute for Innovative Development, well-known Russian political analyst Andrei Ivanov told Trend on Dec. 16.

President Ilham Aliyev has said that the OSCE Minsk Group that had been mediating the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, failed to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had a telephone conversation on December 3, 2020, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend.

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said that the trilateral statement signed on 10 November between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, created a ground for putting an end to the almost three-decades-long armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

At the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in the format of a videoconference, joint actions to uphold the values ​​of democracy, the rule of law and individual freedom were discussed, Trend reports citing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.