🔵 Statement by the Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich at the 29th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

📍Lodz, 1 December 2022

Read the full statement in Russian language

🔹 Politically motivated decision of Poland to deny access for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to #OSCEMC2022 in Lodz is a serious blow to the prestige of the country tasked to lead the work in the OSCE in 2022. Such methods deserve condemnation

🔹 The West intentionally devalues tools of diplomacy, firmly embarks on the path of confrontation due to the blind preoccupation with the idea of its own superiority, faith in uniqueness and infallibility of the Western model of globalization

🔹 Logic for events in Ukraine portrayed as a root cause of #OSCE security crisis is untenable - contradictions have been accumulating for a long time, accompanied by West’s refusal to engage in dialogue based on mutual respect of interests

🔹 Taking advantage of its numerical superiority in the Organization, the West presented by EU and NATO tries to raid the OSCE & privatize the only remaining regional platform for dialogue

🔹 The “collective West” initially did not intend to build a European security architecture with reliance on #OSCE, tried to fully control it, while the waves of NATO expansion blurred the core meaning of OSCE as a comprehensive tool for building indivisible security

🔹 OSCE missed its historic chance to promote inclusive national dialogue in Ukraine, to prevent an uncontrolled militarization of its territory & the slide of its authorities towards the worst examples of Nazi practices

🔹 NATO continued its aggressive military absorbtion of Ukraine. More and more so-called Western instructors and military equipment arrived there, more often the country’ territory was involved in provocative NATO exercises

🔹 The launch of a special military operation was Russia's compelled response to the deliberate modeling by Kiev and its Western sponsors of security threats to Russians and Ukrainians on both sides of the Russian-Ukrainian border

🔹 Western countries should stop shaking #OSCE and trying to impose their narratives. Tolerance for alternative points of view is a sign of strength. Disagreements are always better to resolve at the negotiating table

🔹 Russia is open for cooperation when our interlocutors will be ready. There is no reasonable alternative to a renewed, more sustainable architecture in the Euro-Atlantic region based on the principle of indivisible security and respect of mutual interests

🔹 There are 57 participating States in OSCE. We are all different, but all are equal. Our strength lies in diversity & ability to find compromises based on respect of mutual interests. Hopefully we won’t lose this unique pan-European platform

🎙 Statement by the Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich at the closing session of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

📍 Lodz, 2 December 2022

Part 1

💬 Despite the current problems, we believe that #OSCE has a future. As a platform for equal and mutually respectful dialogue and cooperation, the Organization is still in demand. When the Russophobia passes, we will be ready to restore work together

🔸 Discriminatory attitude towards Russia and other states “to the East of Vienna” should be abandoned. There is no place for teaching and mentoring. We will revive the culture of mutually respectful professional dialogue

❗️ We believe we need to negotiate. This is an axiom of diplomacy. The #OSCE cannot be in an eternal "waiting mode" - as it is now. It can’t also justify its further existence by the task of “punishing and restraining” #Russia

#OSCEMC2022

🎙 Statement by the Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich at the closing session of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

📍 Lodz, 2 December 2022

Part 2

💬 Extremely disappointed with style and methods of work of the Polish Chairmanship-in-Office. We regret that Warsaw was unable to overcome internal complexes, rise above historical grievances in the interest of strengthening the collective foundations of work of #OSCE

🔸 The principles of consensus and non-interference in each other's internal affairs are in dire need of reaffirmation. A culture of compromise and the rejection of “double standards” must be written into #OSCE documents

🔸 It is necessary to preserve a single pan-European space "from Vancouver to Vladivostok", to prevent its fragmentation, separation of the western part of the continent from the eastern

#OSCEMC2022