Roundtable Meeting with
Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan,
Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (F)
and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (F)
October 1, 2019
On October 1, 2019, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (F) and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (F), addressed GRF and GRF Community members at a roundtable meeting. In his speech, Ambassador Apakan shared with the participants his experiences throughout his tenure at the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, and elaborated on Ukraine-Russian relations as well as the obstacles ahead for establishing peace in Eastern Ukraine. Stressing the importance of monitoring by organizations like the OSCE in armed conflicts, Ambassador Apakan stated that a lasting peace in Ukraine requires the fulfillment of the parties’ existential and security needs. Following his speech, Ambassador Apakan answered the participants’ questions.