Ambassador Martin Sajdik Becomes New OSCE Special Representative in Ukraine

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: June 23, 2015; 14:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today appointed Ambassador Martin Sajdik (Austria) as his new Special Representative in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group. He follows Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini (Switzerland) who, having fulfilled this assignment for one year, expressed her wish to step down.

Martin Sajdik Becomes New OSCE Special Representative in Ukraine / Picture: © ECOSOC

“Ambassador Sajdik is a very experienced diplomat with a broad scope of knowledge, ranging from international law to multilateral affairs, and we are very glad to welcome him to the team,” Dačić said.

“Let me also thank Ambassador Tagliavini for her outstanding performance and the contribution to the diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis in and around Ukraine, which has…