(ANSA-AFP) - SKOPJE, NOV 30 - Russia's top diplomat Sergei
Lavrov accused the OSCE of becoming an "appendage" of NATO and
the European Union on Thursday, in a speech slamming the West as
Moscow's Ukraine invasion drags on. The OSCE (Organisation for
Security and Co-operation in Europe) was founded to ease
tensions between the East and the West during the Cold War. It
helps its members co-ordinate on issues like human rights and
arms control, but Moscow has increasingly accused the group of
turning away from its founding principles. "The OSCE is
essentially being turned into an appendage of NATO and the EU,"
Lavrov said at a meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in the North
Macedonian capital Skopje. "The organisation, let's face it, is
on the edge of a precipice. A simple question arises: does it
make sense to invest in its revitalisation?" he added.
(ANSA-AFP).
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