OSCE completes closure of Minsk Process and related structures

ArmInfo.  The OSCE finalized the closure of the Minsk Process and its related structures at 23:59 on 30 November 2025, in line with the Ministerial Council decision  MC.DEC/1/25 adopted on 1 September 2025, following a Joint Appeal  from Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Finnish Chairpersonship of the  OSCE.

The completion of all necessary administrative procedures marks the  conclusion of the closure process.  This process implemented the 1  September consensus decision of all 57 OSCE participating States in  the wake of the historic Joint Declaration signed in Washington D.C.  on 8 August 2025 by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and witnessed by U.S. President  Donald J. Trump.  

It should be noted that following the violent subjugation of Artsakh,  Azerbaijan began seeking the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, the  only international format mandated to resolve the Nagorno- Karabakh  conflict. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that he would  not oppose this step, as long as Azerbaijan does not seek to exploit  the abolition of the OSCE Minsk Group for further aggression against  the Republic. Russia also advocated for the abolition of this  structure, noting that it lost its relevance after February 2022,  when the American and French mediators ceased contact with the  Russian mediator without explanation. Independent experts oppose the  closure of the OSCE Minsk Group, believing that this would make  Azerbaijan's occupation of Artsakh irreversible.