Diplomacy Without the USA, the OSCE risks losing importance

According to Ignazio Cassis, the USA must remain in the OSCE, otherwise the organization would lose weight. The Swiss Foreign Minister said that this urgently required a reform of the budget.

Keystone-SDA

15.01.2026, 14:05

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He was pleased that the US administration had not yet stopped its payments to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), said the new OSCE Chairman. This had been the case with many other international organizations, Cassis said at an OSCE media conference at the Hofburg in Vienna on Thursday.

In order to keep the USA on board, it was necessary to cut the budget with the help of reforms. "We have to keep the USA on board. Otherwise this organization will lose its importance," said Cassis.