Despite the word “cooperation” being replaced with the word “problems” in the department’s title, the DEP will keep executing the same functions as before. Its task has been dealing with the “issues of international European organizations” such as the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), the Council of Europe, the EU and NATO.
The name of the department has only been changed in the Russian version of the website. For now it is still called the ‘Department of European Cooperation’ in the English, French and German versions.