Germany's Steinmeier Formally Assumes 2016 OSCE Chairmanship

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: January 15, 2016; 18:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

OSCE to serve as a platform for real and honest dialogue on today’s security challenges, says Steinmeier, as Germany formally assumes 2016 OSCE Chairmanship.

Germany's Steinmeier Formally Assumes 2016 OSCE Chairmanship / Picture: © OSCE / Micky Kroell

Germany, as this year’s Chair of the OSCE, aims to steer the Organization as a platform for real and honest dialogue, said Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in his first address as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the Permanent Council in Vienna.

Presenting the programme of Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship to representatives of the Organization’s 57…