Kristian Vigenin VIENNA, 3 July 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative for the South Caucasus Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria) was in Vienna today for a series of meetings related to developments in the South Caucasus, including on negotiation efforts related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In all his meetings, Vigenin stressed the importance of continued efforts through agreed discussion formats, while noting the potential

Head of OSCE PA Delegation Georgios Varemenos and Special Coordinator Guglielmo Picchi at Ulaanbaatar press conference, 27 June 2017 ULAANBAATAR, 27 June 2017 – The 26 June 2017 presidential election in Mongolia was competitive and well-organized, featuring a short yet fierce campaign; the election administration largely enjoyed public confidence and the freedoms of assembly and expression were generally respected. However, protracted

Special Coordinator Roberto Battelli, seated next to Head of OSCE PA Delegation Marietta Tidei, delivers the post-election statement in Tirana, 26 June 2017 TIRANA, 26 June 2017 – The 25 June parliamentary elections in Albania took place following a political agreement between the leaders of the Socialist Party (SP) and Democratic Party (DP) that secured the participation of the opposition. Electoral contestants were able to campaign freely and

COPENHAGEN, 19 June 2017 – Responding to a vehicle attack on a group of Muslim worshippers as they left a London mosque last night – killing one person and injuring ten others – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) said the incident underlines that violent extremism knows no race, religion or ethnicity, and must be condemned in all its forms. “I condemn the London mosque attack last night in the strongest

Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov and OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen, Astana, 14 June 2017 (Photo courtesy of Kazakh MFA) SHYMKENT, 16 June 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) is wrapping up a week-long visit to Eastern and Central Asia with meetings in southern Kazakhstan today and tomorrow. She met this morning in Shymkent with Zhanseit Tuimebayev, the Akim of the

COPENHAGEN, 14 June 2017 – Following a shooting at a baseball field in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, DC, which eyewitnesses said appeared to target Members of Congress, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement: “I was saddened and disturbed to hear the news that a gunman opened fire today on Members of the U.S. Congress, injuring several people including at least one