The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has closed the Minsk Process and its related structures, the organization said in a press release on Monday.

“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 statement said.

It is noted that 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 statement added.

The OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 and operated under the co-chairmanship of Russia, France, and the US. In April 2022, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Paris and Washington had declined to cooperate with Moscow within the framework of the group.