Italy will spare no effort to awaken the "spirit of Helsinki", said Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, commenting on the priorities of the Italian chairmanship in the OSCE in 2018.
On 5 July, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressed the Plenary Session dedicated to the opening of the 26th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk with a proposal to start a discussion on the necessity for a new Helsinki Process. It was noted that the new Helsinki Process would contribute to the leading world powers concluding a global document. It would also put an end to the long-overdue cold war, excluding the possibility of its renewal and growing into a more tragic form.
