Government of Finland
Government of Finland
01/24/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/24/2025 05:23
OSCE Chair appoints Special Representative for the South Caucasus
OSCE Chair appoints Special Representative for the South Caucasus
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Publication date 24.1.2025 13.13 | Published in English on 24.1.2025 at 13.20
Press release
Finland holds the Chairpersonship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2025. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen has appointed Christoph Späti as her Special Representative for the South Caucasus.
The work of Special Representative Christoph Späti (Switzerland) will focus on Georgia.
He will represent the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office as co-chair of the Geneva International Discussions to address the consequences of the 2008 war in Georgia. The other co-chairs are representatives of the EU and the UN.
Inquiries
- Toni Sandell, Deputy Head for the Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship, tel. +358 295 350 432
- The email addresses of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are in the format [email protected]
- Read more about the other Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office