🇷🇺Arms Control Delegation in Vienna

🎙️Statement by Ms. Iulia Zhdanova, Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Vienna Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control, at the 1144th meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation Vienna, July 29, 2026 Subject: A meeting to mark the end of Georgia's Presidency. 🔔The latest round of the Forum for Security Co-operation is wrapping up amid a continuing deterioration in regional security, arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. Meanwhile, the European ruling elite's destructive push for all-out confrontation with Russia and for escalating the Ukraine conflict is becoming ever more entrenched. ⚡The West is not only assisting Ukraine in expanding its domestic defence production, but is also taking the chance to establish additional manufacturing facilities within the #EU member states, in the countries that are themselves rearming at a rapid pace and openly gearing up for a potential military confrontation with Russia. ❗Europe is no longer content with just funneling weapons to the Kiev regime, it is now building long-term anti-Russia military partnerships. Our Latvian neighbours have already broken the first 'psychological taboo' by greenlighting the use of their territory and airspace for Ukrainian strikes on the Russian soil. At the same time, Latvia, together with Estonia and Poland, is pushing ahead with plans for a so-called 'Baltic Defence Line', a unified fortifications network with mines and a 'drone wall' along #NATO's eastern border. ✅ The FSC spring-summer session followed its work programme, featuring three Security Dialogues on the Code of Conduct, on politico-military aspects of security and implementation improvement, on human rights violations during a conflict, including a joint meeting together with with the #OSCE Permanent Council. ‼ We also note the refusal to hold the Code of Conduct meeting. Five years of behind‑the‑scenes obstruction by anonymous delegations constitutes a departure from diplomacy and a blow to the #FSC foundations, in particular the #FSC Decision 12/11 which requires an annual review of the Code. 🇷🇺 Our position rests on a rigorous, comprehensive reading of the Code. Twisting it to fit political agendas and propaganda by some States dilutes its very purpose. ☝The West seeks an #OSCE 'comfort zone' excluding Russia and Belarus from informal meetings and restricting Vienna Document 2011 CSBM verification conferences to #NATO, #EU and their allies. 🔺Our position remains unchanged. The Forum continues to retain a significant role in considering politico‑military aspects of security within the #OSCE area. It is still not too late for the Western participating States to reflect on the need to reinforce the #FSC as a unique politico‑military venue functioning on the basis of consensus and sovereign equality of States with a view to ensure security and foster cooperation among participating States. 📣 It is time to clear the #FSC of propaganda and focus on real security issues in the interests of every single one of the #OSCE's 57 participating States. Delegation's social networks: 💙VK 💬Telegram 💬 X 📺YouTube 📺 RuTube 💬 Facebook