Vilnius will host a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), where a new charter will be discussed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a session with his Belarusian counterpart in Moscow.
Russia, Belarus and a set of other states of the CSTO and CIS have proposals under negotiations. They concern passing of a new charter of the OSCE to make it a fully-fledged international organization, RIA Novosti reports.
The Russian minister said that one of the initiatives is fulfillment of the obligations that OSCE states undertook back in the 90s to promote liberal initiatives in the region.
Leonid Gusev, senior scientific member of the Institute for International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, noted in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza that it is too early to judge the attitude of Western partners towards the initiatives.
Russia has been calling for reforms for 5-6 years. Kazakhstan shared the view at the summit in Astana. Eastern European states have difficulties in perceiving Russia. The Baltic states, Poland, Romania and others are against the initiatives. They do not want actions within the SCO or Council for Cooperation and Trust of Asia. Practical measures are unlikely.
