OSCE and EU cooperation seen as crucial for regional stability

SARAJEVO, June 21 – Cooperation and partnership between the OSCE and the EU are crucial for stability in South-Eastern Europe, said participants in an OSCE annual regional meeting that started in Sarajevo Monday.
The two-day meeting hosted by Vienna-based OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Centre, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina brings together Heads of OSCE Field Operations from South-Eastern Europe and the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Herbert Salber.
The participants discussed present and future work of OSCE Missions in the region and the importance of co-operation and partnership between the OSCE and EU in South-Eastern Europe.
“Both organizations value democracy and fundamental freedoms, values that are shared by each of the countries we work in,” said Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH. “The OSCE, with its inclusive membership and its comprehensive security concept, is the natural place for dialogue and co-operation of all.”