Skopje, 12 July 2023 (MIA) – The cooperation between North Macedonia and Finland within OSCE, with a special emphasis on the activities and challenges faced by the Charpersonship, and the joint participation in the OSCE Troika, were in the focus of the meeting Wednesday between Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani, and the Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, held at the NATO Summit in Vilnius.

According to the MFA, at the meeting the ministers voiced satisfaction with the cooperation and exchanged opinions over the activities and ways in which the priorities of the current Chairpersonship are being implemented, as well as the preparations, activities and the ways in which the Organization will function until Finland assumes the Chairpersonship.

“Osmani placed special emphasis on the latest initiative he presented in his role as OSCE Chairperson – the establishment of the Ohrid Center for Peace and Mediation, as a new tool within OSCE meant to strengthen the Organization’s role in the promotion of the culture of dialogue, reconciliation policies, compromise etc.,” said the Ministry in a press release.

Apart from the activities of North Macedonia’s OSCE Chairpersonship, Osmani and Valtonen also spoke about the challenges related to other important issues for the work of the Organization and their possible solutions.

The two ministers voiced satisfaction with OSCE’s current role in providing long-term stability and security in Europe, and underscored the necessity of investing added political efforts in order for the Organization to maintain its role in the future.

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