VIENNA, 20 February 2015 – Nearly 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States held an impassioned and at-times heated debate today on the crisis in Ukraine, the Organization’s responses and the status of the Minsk package of measures aimed at a resolution. Top OSCE officials working on the crisis, including Ambassadors Heidi Tagliavini and Ertugrul Apakan, offered remarks ahead of the debate, which was held at the concluding session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting in Vienna.
In his opening remarks, PA President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said, “As lawmakers from the OSCE’s 57 states we must …read more
Source: OSCE
