“The Assembly expressed its clear and clear political stance, which has not changed. We continue to uphold the principles of international law, to which we are all committed, ”- Pascier’s statement from TASS during the 28th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
However, she noted that the absence of the Russian delegation to PACE creates a threat of crisis and hinders human rights work.
“Proceeding from these considerations, the assembly last week, by an overwhelming majority, decided to approve the powers of the Russian delegation without limiting the rights of members and delegations to participate in the work,” the chairwoman clarified.
According to her, this decision will allow to continue cooperation with Russia in all directions, including on the release of Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait for violating the Russian border, as well as investigating the international reasons for the crash of flight MN17 in Donbass.
“We will be able to work with Russian colleagues again, including on problems, because the approval of authority is not a blank check,” Pasquier stressed.
On June 26, PACE adopted a resolution confirming the powers of the Russian delegation in full.
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula called for reunification with Russia.