OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna
11.12.2017 / 10:47 | Aktualizováno: 30.01.2018 / 14:42
The 24th OSCE Ministerial Council, bringing together some 45 Foreign Ministers from across the OSCE region, took place in Vienna on 7 and 8 December 2017, at the invitation of the 2017 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.
The Ministerial Council is the culmination of Austria’s 2017 OSCE Chairmanship, which has placed particular emphasis on defusing conflicts, re-establishing trust and fighting radicalisation and violent extremism through renewed co-operation and concrete approaches.
OSCE Foreign Ministers focused on efforts to settle existing conflicts in the OSCE area, in particular regarding the crisis in and around Ukraine and protracted conflicts, strengthening the OSCE’s capacities to foster result-oriented co-operation, reviving strategic dialogue on regional security policy issues as well as empowering the OSCE to effectively address new global challenges.
The Council also set the course for the future work of the OSCE with Italy taking over the Chairmanship from 1 January 2018.
You can download the statement of the Czech Republic at the Ministerial Council below.