Georgia Chairs the Closing Session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
On 29 July 2026, the closing session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) was held under the Georgian Chairpersonship.
The main priority of the Georgian Chairpersonship was to promote dialogue for ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, in accordance with international law and the principles of the Helsinki Final Act.
In light of the above, three security dialogues were organized under the Georgian chairmanship, stressing the issues of armed conflict and occupation and the elimination of human rights violations in this context, the strengthening of the role of women and girls in the peace process, and the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Political-Military Aspects of Security.
Addressing the final session, Archil Karaulashvili, Director of the Security Policy, International Organizations and Euro-Atlantic Integration Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, reviewed the activities undertaken during Georgia's Chairpersonship against the backdrop of the prevailing security challenges in the region. He underscored that Russia's aggression against Ukraine has fundamentally undermined the European security architecture and emphasized the necessity of upholding the OSCE's founding principles as enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act. „For Georgia, the importance of these principles are a matter of daily reality. Russia’s continued occupation of two regions of Georgia and its illegal military presence there, in violation of the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, remain a stark reminder of the consequences of disregarding the very basics/foundations of the Helsinki Final Act”, he noted.
The Chairpersonship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation is exercised on a rotational basis. Georgia assumed the Chairpersonship on 13 April 2026, succeeding France, and will hold the position until 4 September 2026, after which the Chairpersonship will be assumed by the United Kingdom.