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Editor’s Note: The following is transcript of the briefing with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE James Gilmore, released on March 2.

AMBASSADOR GILMORE: Okay. Well, listen thank you all very much. I’m here for the global ambassadors conference that was held this week. The first day I met with the international organizations group, and then after that there was a global ambassadors conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, then Thursday the European division, and then I’m in some individual meetings. So I’m happy to take an opportunity to talk with you all and keep you up to date and discuss the United States Mission to OSCE and Vienna with you, the issues that you’re interested in.

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