"The OSCE is in deep crisis, a lot of ministers openly say it," he said.
At the same time, he said, Ukraine will continue to actively work with the organization.
"We try to use the OSCE, despite the fact that it is a consensus-type organization,” Klimkin said.
He added: “We offered several draft resolutions (for a ministerial meeting), but of course, all of them have been crashed by the Russian side. And, of course, there is little hope that we will see the final declaration of the ministerial meeting."
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"We must return to the fundamental principles. But given the rule of consensus, and Russia being part of such consensus, this return is impossible in many cases," said the top Ukrainian diplomat.
Read alsoNATO: Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline"We must act simultaneously, on different platforms. The OSCE is not enough. NATO, either. No organization in Europe is able to guarantee security; and alas, we must be aware of this," said the foreign minister.
