Kelin: the decision to reject the candidacy of the Senator from Crimea - provocation
The decision of the Bureau of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly not to recognize the range of possibilities of the Russian Senator from Crimea Olga's Cavicide made regardless of the rules of the parliamentary Assembly and is a provocation, said on Thursday Last news Russia's envoy to the OSCE Andrey Kelin.
yesterday the Bureau of the parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE rejected the candidacy of the Russian Senator from Crimea Olga's Cowicide to participate in the work of the organization. With the requirement to recognize the candidacy of Cowicide invalid before officially requested the delegation of Ukraine in the OSCE PA. The appeal of the OSCE PA notes that the Bureau issued a conclusion on the recognition candidates Cowicide invalid on the advice of the Council on credentials.
"The decision to dismiss the Russian Senator Olga, Cavicide (as a member of the OSCE PA) made even though the rules of the parliamentary Assembly. The case is declared so that it represents the government of the Crimea. This is absolutely not true, it is in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ", - said Kelin.
He described the Decision of the Bureau of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly as a " provocation, which took clear to whom, in order to ruin the political climate yesterday's opening session of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly ".
Kelin also drew attention to the fact that for the first time Since the early 1990-ies the conclusion about the lack of recognition of the mandate of a member of the OSCE PA made public, " pointing to some procedure of the parliamentary Assembly, which does not happen ".
on Thursday in Vienna begins the General meeting of the winter session of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly. Yesterday, the city held a meeting of some organs of the OSCE PA.
Crimea was joined to Russia in March 2014 goals, Cowicide became its representative in the upper house of the Federal Parliament. Western countries did not recognize the new status of the Crimea, the European Union in April included Cowicide in its own sanctions list. In the beginning of winter was announced that Coveted included in the composition of the Russian delegation to the OSCE parliamentary Assembly.