1299th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Inaugural remarks by the new OSCE Secretary General, H.E. Ms. Helga Schmid. Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Lord Peter Bowness. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1400 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Portugal-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; Ukraine, interpretative statement 6). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 1). Censorship of digital information in the United States of America. Detention of opposition politician Mr. A. Navalny in the Russian Federation. Visit of the Chairperson-in-Office to Ukraine on 19 and 20 January 2021 (Russian Federation, Annex 2). Presidential election and referendum in Kyrgyzstan, held on 10 January 2021. Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, held on 10 January 2021. Parliamentary elections in Cyprus, to be held on 30 May 2021. Address by the President of Uzbekistan to the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) on 29 December 2020.