OSCE experiencing crisis because of attempts to impose its standards on others - Russia

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is experiencing a crisis because it is trying to impose its own standards on others, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, the Voice of Russia reports.

"We are talking about the future of the pan-European organization, the OSCE, disagreements in which are growing because of attempts to impose its own standards on others and turn it into a forum for polemics and confrontation, which can only worsen its systemic crisis," Lavrov said at the 49th Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

"There is a need for consolidating projects that would cement the European space and help reach a consensus on fundamental security issues," he said.

"I would hope that it is possible by 2015 to work out a truly common agenda reflecting not exchange of criticism but our common determination to focus on resolving common strategic issues through practically implementing the principle of indivisibility of security," Lavrov said.