OSCE nations agree on first budget in five years, make cuts demanded by US


Flags of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are pictured outside their headquarters in Vienna, Austria February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA, March 19 (Reuters) - The Organization ⁠for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a 57-nation east-west body comprising ⁠former Cold War foes, agreed on a budget on Thursday for ‌the first time in five years, with heavy cuts demanded by the United States.

In recent years the Vienna-based security and rights organization, which includes Canada, Russia and much of Europe and Central ​Asia, has often been deadlocked over a new budget ⁠and other important decisions, as ⁠Moscow accused it of having been taken over by the West.

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