The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is the recipient of "Kaiser-Otto" award for 2015, Mayor of Magdeburg Lutz Trumper has announced.

The award, given every two years for outstanding contribution to European integration, was previously awarded to German Chancellor Angela Merkel among others, and the OSCE is to receive it for its contribution to stability in Europe and neighbouring regions, the statement says.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office/ First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, will receive the award at a ceremony in Magdeburg on 19 September, which will be attended by Foreign Affairs Minister of the Federal
Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Affairs Minister of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter.