Russia exploits OSCE merely as platform to cover up its aggressive actions – Ukraine’s delegation

That’s according to a statement by Ukraine’s delegation of Ukraine to the OSCE, issued during the regular meeting of the OSCE Security Coeration Forum in Vienna, an Ukrinform correspondent reported Thursday.

"The situation on the ground clearly shows that the Russian Federation is not only ignoring all peace initiatives, but is responding to them with ever-growing escalations — the intensity of attacks on civilians is only increasing, the number of executions of PoW continues to grow, and Russia’s engagement with North Korea and Iran is reaching unprecedented levels," the Ukrainian Mission said.

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It was noted that this became particularly evident last week at a joint meeting of the Security Coeration Forum and the OSCE Permanent Council, where "the majority of participating States clearly expressed their concern over Russia’s escalatory engagement of North Korean tros in the war of aggression against Ukraine."

"What was the response from the Russian side? The same messages that the Russian delegation used in this very chamber on the eve of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, assuring us that there were “no reasons for concern.” As we know, in both 2022 and 2024, these words were nothing but blatant lies. By spreading such narratives, the Russian Federation demonstrates time and again that it views the OSCE only as a platform to cover up its own aggressive actions. While in reality, its interest is to dismantle the rules-based international order at any cost," the Ukrainian delegation said.

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The Mission emphasized that this trend can only be stped "by ending Russia's war of aggression and restoring a world order based on respect for agreed norms and principles of international law". This goal can only be achieved "if all peace-loving states unite their efforts".

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Russia’s delegation to the OSCE has repeatedly blocked one of the permanent decision-making bodies, the Forum for Security Coeration (FSC), from convening. The Ukrainian Mission to the OSCE condemned such actions on the part of Russia, stating that in this way the Russian Federation is consistently and purposefully destroying this international organization.