Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE announced a deep crisis in the organization

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Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, said that the organization is experiencing a deep crisis.

According to him, the future of the OSCE is unclear if it does not return to its original principles.

The Russian permanent representative stressed that the OSCE participating countries must discuss the causes of the European security crisis.

VIENNA, September 26 - RIA Novosti. The OSCE is experiencing a deep crisis, which the organization has been heading towards for many years, and its future without a return to its original principles remains vague, Russian permanent representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky told RIA Novosti.

“I think we are dealing with a deep crisis of this organization, which it has been heading towards for many years, since in the 90s, after its creation, there were attempts to form some kind of general system of equal and indivisible security,” Polyansky said.

According to him, the approaches of Western countries have gradually nullified these efforts, replacing them with a spirit of confrontation and a “zero-sum game.”

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“If the organization does not return to its original “factory settings,” then, of course, its future is very vague,” the permanent representative noted.

He added that the OSCE in its current form "has largely lost the value that it had for all European states 10-15 years ago."

According to Polyansky, the OSCE participating countries should move as quickly as possible to discuss the causes of the current European security crisis, its development, as well as what needs to be avoided in the relations of the organization’s countries, in their statements and contacts.

“In the absence of such an honest conversation, the relevance of the organization raises reasonable doubts,” explained the Russian permanent representative.