On April 20, 2018, the Mayor of Odessa Gennadiy Trukhanov met with representatives of the OSCE special monitoring mission to Ukraine, headed by Odessa team leader Ms. Martha Barbosa.

 
During the working meeting, the sides have discussed the social and political situation in the city.

 
"We are in constant contact. Representatives of the OSCE attend each session of the City Council in order to ensure that such an authoritative international organization is aware of all the ongoing processes in our city. This is important for maintaining Odessa's reputation as a peaceful and safe city, which also demonstrates the openness and transparency of our work, "commented Gennadiy Trukhanov.

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The OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine began its work on March 21, 2014 in connection with the appeal of the Government of Ukraine to the OSCE and the consensus decision of all 57 countries participating in this organization. SMM is an unarmed civil mission whose main task is to observe the situation in Ukraine for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and report on it, as well as to promote dialogue between all conflicting sides.