OSCE Chairperson in Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz stressed at the opening of the ASRC the importance of dialogue, cooperation and willingness to compromise in order to address current security challenges such as military conflicts as well as radicalization, violent extremism and terrorism. Afterwards, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concentrated on the need for a Structured Dialogue on the Current and Future Challenges and Risks to Security in the OSCE Area.

A special session was devoted to the Structured Dialogue, other topics of the ASRC included the crisis in Ukraine, conventional arms control and CSBMs, conflict and crises situations in the OSCE area and transnational threats such as terrorism and cyber-security.