Pavlo Klimkin / Photo from UNIAN
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is paralyzed because of the veto by Russia, and there is high probability it will even fail to adopt the final declaration of the ministerial meeting held in Belgrade, Serbia, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told the reporters on Thursday, according to Europeiska Pravda.
"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.
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