Moscow and Strasbourg will discuss their relationship in Paris

Russian deputies will discuss with the authorized PACE in Paris development of relations between the Russian capital and Strasbourg, said Last news head of the state Duma's CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky.

"In the French capital will host the next meeting of the Subcommittee on neighbourhood policy of Russia and other countries of the Council of Europe," He said.

the meeting of the Subcommittee will be held in the framework of the Department of the PACE monitoring commitments to the Council of Europe. This meeting will be the third. Before the parties met in Vienna and Berlin.

Relations of the Russian capital and the PACE was complicated in April this year after adoption by the Assembly decision because of the position of the Russian Federation in Crimea to deprive the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights to participate in the meeting of statutory bodies and participation in monitoring activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room To restore power. By tradition, the winter session of the range of capabilities of all delegations updated. Explaining Last news upcoming January discussion, the PACE President Anne Brasseur said that " the Russian Delegation will Probably be given back the right to vote ".

Slutsky told that, at the next Council meeting is expected to discuss constructive interaction with colleagues. He did not exclude that we can talk about " cooperation with the Council of Europe to stop the fire on the South-East of Ukraine." We will see what will happen by that time, " He added.

"Reporter in Russia Swiss Andreas gross made the initiative a project of some sort of" road map of cooperation with which we were not agree on all points


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