NEW YORK, Sept 22 (KUNA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has underscored ever-complex and increasingly transitional challenges to peace and security.
This came at his meeting, held late on Sunday, with Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Ban highlighted the growing partnership between the two organizations and commended the OSCE for its key role in peace and security in Europe and in particular for its strong commitment to support a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian crisis.
Both official discussed the situation in Ukraine, the situations in the South Caucasus, Transnistria, Central Asia and Afghanistan.
They also underlined the importance of continued close cooperation between the United Nations and the OSCE in areas such as conflict prevention, mediation and elections support.(end) mao.rk