Switzerland was elected OSCE chairman for 2026.

Switzerland has been elected chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2026, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced.
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Earlier in December, Switzerland announced that it was putting forward its candidacy.

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“Switzerland was elected chairman of the OSCE for 2026. We thank the participating states for their trust,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a publication on the social network X.

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Switzerland believes that dialogue and cooperation are necessary to develop sustainable solutions for the future.

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Switzerland is not a member of the EU or NATO, but Bern has joined almost all European sanctions against the Russian Federation since February 24, 2022. Bern has frozen $8.8 billion in private Russian assets as part of sanctions. The Swiss government also reported that about 7.4 billion Swiss francs of assets of the Russian Central Bank (about $8.45 billion) are frozen in the country and that Bern is closely following international discussions on the issue of confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank and the state.