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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for a fundamental overhaul of Europe’s security architecture and warned against Russia\u2019s continued abuse of the OSCE consensus principle while opening the Annual Security Review Conference under Switzerland\u2019s chairmanship.<\/p>\n

In his video address<\/a> to participants, Sybiha began by naming three former members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine \u2014 Maksym Petrov, Dmytro Shabanov, and Vadym Holda \u2014 who have been illegally detained by Russia since 2022,\u00a0UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

He thanked OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlio\u011flu for his efforts to secure their release but said the broader picture remained troubling.<\/p>\n

\u201cA security organization that cannot guarantee the safety of its own personnel is doing something fundamentally wrong,\u201d Sybiha said, stressing that Ukraine has every right to expect more decisive action from the OSCE.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Turning to the conference\u2019s main theme, the foreign minister offered a blunt assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy security review will be very short. Today, there is no security in the OSCE area. End of report,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sybiha argued that instead of reviewing nonexistent security, the organization should reassess the foundations of Europe\u2019s security architecture. He questioned the effectiveness of existing mechanisms if a participating state can systematically violate all ten principles of the Helsinki Final Act while retaining all of its rights within the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strength of the OSCE today lies not in its institutional structure. Its strength lies in the Chairmanship. Finland demonstrated this last year. Switzerland is demonstrating it today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The minister thanked OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis for his personal involvement in peace efforts, adding that ending the war depends only on the willingness of the aggressor state.<\/p>\n

Sybiha described Russia as the greatest threat to security across the OSCE region and warned that the organization itself has become hostage to Moscow\u2019s abuse of the consensus rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimply allowing Russia to abuse the consensus rule again and again is worse than appeasement. It is capitulation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He called for the creation of mechanisms that would prevent any aggressor from blocking international efforts aimed at stopping its own aggression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new security architecture is already being built today. Its foundations are being laid not in Vienna\u2019s Hofburg Palace, where the OSCE sits, but in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk,\u201d Sybiha said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He urged the organization to decide whether it wants to remain part of the ruins of yesterday\u2019s \u201cPotemkin security order\u201d or become part of a new security architecture for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time to stop reviewing illusions and start facing reality came more than four years ago. But better late than never. I hope this conference becomes the OSCE\u2019s wake-up conference,\u201d Sybiha concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In his remarks, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ignazio Cassis said European security is experiencing its deepest crisis since the Cold War and reaffirmed Switzerland\u2019s strong condemnation of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Annual Security Review Conference brought together 325 delegates, including representatives of all 57 OSCE participating states, the organization\u2019s institutions, international organizations, and experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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