The Peace Institutes volunteer Tamra Grigoryeva has attended the 4th to 5th of December ministerial council in Helsinki. She agrees with the word of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb at the close of the meeting:
Although the meeting failed on many initiatives, mainly on political declaration and the decision on holding an OSCE summit, yet the spirit of Helsinki has revitalized the OSCE, and the meeting of foreign ministers gave new impetus to discussions on European security challenges.
Her article from the meeting can be found here.