OSCE logo flags in ViennaBRUSSELS, Feb 9 OSCE security arrangements not are working, the organization has become just a shell, said Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's permanent representative to the European Union, in an interview with RIA Novosti. The founding act, five years later, the Russia-NATO Council was created. There were a number of other treaties and documents. And what is left of it? We can say that almost nothing,» he said.
The OSCE declared the highest risk of war in Europe»There were (agreements within the OSCE — ed.) And also practically nothing was left of them. In general, the OSCE, in fact, was left alone shell, without tangible content,» Chizhov added. He recalled the Charter of the Euro The European Security Council of 1999, which laid down the principle of equal and indivisible security for the European continent, provides for the rejection of attempts to strengthen one's security at the expense of the security of other countries. «I will explain using a simple analogy. When two people come into contact or even conflict in modern society, the principle operates according to which the freedom and security of one ends where the freedom and security of another begins. This is a universal understanding, it is also applicable in matters of state security,” he said. “The Declaration of the OSCE Summit in Astana in 2010 confirmed these formulations of the Charter. And what do we see in Europe today? Round eyes and feigning bewildered questions about what Russia suddenly wants, why and why,» the Permanent Representative noted. OSCE
