OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (second on left) makes a point during his meeting with State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin (second on right) on 5 September. OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver (first on left) looks on. MOSCOW, 5 September 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met with Russian State Duma Chairperson and Head of the Russian Delegation to the OSCE PA Sergey Naryshkin at the conclusion of

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (second on left) speaks during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (second on right) on 4 September. MOSCOW, 4 September 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) urged Russia to play a constructive role in the Ukrainian crisis and abide by OSCE commitments during meetings in Moscow today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Federation Council

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva. COPENHAGEN, 2 September 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and Secretary General Spencer Oliver will visit Moscow from 4 to 5 September for meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko and State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin. The situation in Ukraine, Russia's commitment to OSCE principles, the mediation role of

OSCE Special Co-ordinator Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (MP, Lithuania; left) was joined by OSCE PA Delegation Head Asa Lindestam (MP, Sweden; center) in delivering the post-election statement at a press conference on 11 August in Ankara. OSCE PA Director of Elections Andreas Baker looked on. ANKARA, 11 August 2014 – Three candidates, representing different political positions, were generally able to campaign freely, and freedoms of assembly and

ANKARA, 8 August 2014 – Senior OSCE parliamentarians have arrived in Ankara to lead the OSCE's short-term observation mission for Turkey's presidential election this weekend. Vilija Aleknaite Abramkiene (MP, Lithuania), the Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE's short-term observation mission, and Asa Lindestam (MP, Sweden), the Head of the OSCE PA Delegation of observers, are joining fellow parliamentarians for several days of briefings ahead of

COPENHAGEN, 5 August 2014 – Joao Soares (MP, Portugal), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on the South Caucasus, today expressed deep concern over recent deadly violence along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and urged all parties to the conflict to recommit themselves to finding a peaceful resolution. "The deteriorating security conditions and the current escalation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh