OSCE completes closure of Minsk process OFFICIALLY

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has completed the closure of the Minsk process and its associated structures.

OSCE concluded the closure of the Minsk process and related structures at 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2025, in line with the decision of the Council of Ministers adopted on September 1, 2025, following a joint request from Armenia and Azerbaijan to the OSCE Finnish Chairmanship, Caliber.Az reports, citing a press release on the OSCE website.

“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,” the release stated.

The OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 under the framework of the then-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (now OSCE) to mediate a peaceful resolution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh.

Over more than 30 years, the group largely failed to secure a lasting peace. Repeated flare-ups, including the 2020 Karabakh war, exposed its limited influence and inability to enforce agreements or prevent military clashes.

All prior Minsk-related decisions are now considered void, with France and Russia having explicitly endorsed the closure.

By Jeyhun Aghazada