PACE refused to accept the ultimatum of the Russian Federation

PACE refused to accept the ultimatum of the Russian Federation

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The biggest number EPP group decided unanimously.

The European people’s party refused to accept the ultimatum of Russia, according to which the organization needs to change the rules of their work.

This was announced on his page in Facebook the people’s Deputy, Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Vladimir Aryev.

“EPP group in PACE unanimously decided not to support changes to the rules of the PACE in favor of Russia”, – he wrote.

Note, EPP is the largest political group in PACE.

We will remind, the delegation of Russia is under sanctions of the PACE for the annexation of Crimea and war in Eastern Ukraine. The Russians have no right to participate in the missions of election observation, be speakers as well as representatives of organizations in other European institutions. In addition, the Assembly deprived the Russians of the right to vote at meetings.

On 24 June, the Bureau of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Declaration on the common values with Russia and the need to move towards. Later, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin stated that he is extremely surprised and disappointed at the Declaration.

Later Ukraine declared that will boycott their participation in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, if recognized as powers of the Russian delegation in this organization, although in the elections to the state Duma on the territory of the occupied Crimea.

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