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OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues declaration on Chechnya
Publishing date: 28 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERN, 28 May 1996-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes the meeting between President Yeltsin and a Chechen delegation, as well as the signing of the agreement between Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin and Chechen Leader Semlimkhan Yandarbiev as an
Yeltsin to meet with Yanderbiev in Moscow
Publishing date: 23 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GROZNY, 23 May 1996-- A preliminary agreement has been reached on the necessity of resuming dialogue between the two sides of the armed conflict in Chechnya.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues declaration on Chechnya
Publishing date: 1 April 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 April 1996-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes President Yeltsin's initiative for peace and hopes it will prove a decisive step in the direction of a turning point away from the recent escalation of combat.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office travels to Baku and Erewan
Publishing date: 28 February 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 February 1996-- Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, as OSCE Chairman-in-Office,will meet in Baku and Erewan the Presidents and Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as the representatives of Nagorno Karabakh...
OSCE voices concern on increasing tension in Chechnya
Publishing date: 11 October 1995
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 11 October 1995-- The OSCE Permanent Council issued a decision today reacting with serious concern to the increasing tension in Grosny and other parts of Chechnya.
Agreement to end hostilities signed at OSCE Offices in Chechnya
Publishing date: 31 July 1995
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 31 July 1995-- Russian officials and Chechen representatives signed an agreement to end hostilities in Chechya at the headquarters of the OSCE Assistance Group in Grozny on Sunday....
Conflicting parties agree to cease hostilities during talks on Chechnya
Publishing date: 22 June 1995
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 22 June 1995-- The conflicting parties reached detailed agreement yesterday on measures to immediately cease hostilities in Chechnya....