The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will also not participate in the meeting of the OSCE Council of Ministers in Skopje (North Macedonia) due to the participation of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov.
This follows from a joint statement of 3 countries, published on Tuesday, November 28, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"We deeply regret the decision enabling the personal participation of Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov at the 30th Session of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje. It will only provide Russia with yet another propaganda opportunity. S. Lavrov’s attendance at the OSCE Ministerial also risks legitimizing aggressor Russia as a rightful member of our community of free nations, trivializing the atrocious crimes Russia has been committing, and putting up with Russia’s blatant violation and contempt of the OSCE fundamental principles and commitments. We, the Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, will not be part of this and will not share responsibility for consequences it will create,” the statement said.
The ministers note that over the past two years they have witnessed how one OSCE member state actively and brutally tried to destroy another.
They emphasize that russia's war of aggression and atrocities against its sovereign and peaceful neighbor Ukraine blatantly violate international law, including the UN Charter, and is an attack on the OSCE and its basic principles.
"We have also seen nothing but Russia’s obstructive behavior within the OSCE itself – first, by blocking any OSCE presence and activities in Ukraine, then by blocking Estonia’s 2024 chairmanship on completely fabricated reasons and now by blocking constructive solutions for keeping the organization alive and functional,” the statement said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the delegation of Ukraine will not participate in the OSCE ministerial meeting at the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since the foreign minister of the aggressor country of russia sergey lavrov will be present at the meeting.
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