VIENNA, 26 January 2018 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia), met today with the newly elected President of the “Austrian Nationalrat”, the Austrian Parliament, Wolfgang Sobotka, for talks that focused on challenges to the OSCE area and Austria’s contributions to the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly. While in Vienna Tsereteli also met with the OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Desir, to

VIENNA, 25 January 2018 – In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council, OSCE President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today called on the Organization’s participating States to ensure the effective functioning of the OSCE, noting it is one of the leanest and most flexible organizations in the world. “We live in very volatile times. Security needs to be regained every day. We see a growing amount of confusion, also among our citizens,

MINSK, 24 January 2018 – Concluding three days of meetings in Belarus, Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Eastern Europe, called for increased efforts on reforms within the country while welcoming the active engagement of the country in international affairs and mediation. In his first official visit as Special Representative on Eastern Europe, Harstedt met with the President of Belarus,

KYIV, 19 January 2018 – Concluding a two-day visit to Kyiv today, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) reiterated the steadfast support of the Parliamentary Assembly for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, within its internationally-recognized borders, and renewed calls to reach a sustained ceasefire. Yesterday and today President Tsereteli held a range of high-level meetings including with the Chairman

COPENHAGEN, 16 January 2018 - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia), and OSCE PA Special Representative on South East Europe Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), upon hearing of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, released the following statement: "We are shocked to hear of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, and utterly condemn this brutal act. We take this opportunity to share our sincere condolences with Mr. Ivanovic's

George Tsereteli addresses GUAM Parliamentary Assembly session, Tbilisi, 18 December 2017 COPENHAGEN, 21 December 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) addressed the session of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi this week, highlighting activities and priorities of the OSCE PA, as well as areas of common interest between the two assemblies. GUAM, a regional format for co-operation between Georgia,