Priorities of Finland's OSCE Chairmanship presented in Vienna

Vienna, 19 September 2024 – Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Valtonen has presented the priorities of her country's Chairpersonship at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for 2025 at the Permanent Council meeting.

In her speech, Minister Valtonen stressed that Finland will continue to uphold the OSCE principles and commitments set out in the Helsinki Final Act, the 50th anniversary of which will be celebrated next year. The Finnish Chairpersonship will focus on sustainability, crisis response and post-conflict rehabilitation.

Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the OSCE, Mukhtar Tileuberdi, expressed support for the priorities outlined by Minister Valtonen. He pointed out that the OSCE, with its comprehensive concept of security and a wide range of instruments, remains an essential mechanism for strengthening the resilience of participating States in the line of various threats.

In addition, Ambassador Tileuberdi confirmed Kazakhstan's readiness to chair the OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee in 2025 and expressed the desire of the Kazakh delegation for active and constructive cooperation.