Georgia closes OSCE FSC chairpersonship highlighting peace, security and international law

The final meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) under the Georgian Chairpersonship was held on Wednesday.

The main priority of the Georgian Chairpersonship was to promote dialogue for ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, in accordance with international law and the principles of the Helsinki Final Act.

In light of the above, three security dialogues were organized under the Georgian chairmanship, stressing the issues of armed conflict and occupation and the elimination of human rights violations in this context, the strengthening of the role of women and girls in the peace process, and the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Political-Military Aspects of Security.

Addressing the concluding session, Archil Karaulashvili, Director of the Security Policy, International Organisations and Euro-Atlantic Integration Directorate at Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reviewed the activities carried out during Georgia’s Chairpersonship.

He stressed that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has undermined the European security architecture and underscored the importance of upholding the OSCE’s founding principles enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act.

“For Georgia, the importance of adhering to these principles is evident from our daily reality. Russia’s ongoing occupation of two regions of Georgia and its illegal military presence there, which violate the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, serve as a stark reminder of the grave consequences of disregarding the fundamental principles of the Helsinki Final Act”, Karaulashvili said.