Mijatovic surprised by the criticism from the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

The OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic said on the first day of the week in the explanations on the Last news that surprised by the statements of the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at the session of the Council for human rights of the UN, where he has been criticized for her statements on the issue of deprivation Russian media accreditation With the official authorities of Ukraine And questioned the impartiality of the OSCE.

This Mijatovic stressed the importance of the fact that Lavrov following the work of her office And said that it would be happy to meet with Lavrov to discuss the media situation in Russia And the OSCE region in General.

first official message from 26 February Mijatovic called the measures adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, " excessive ", and expressed concern that their "lack of transparency" And urged Ukraine to explain their underlying causes And to provide a complete list of the Russian media, affected by the restrictions.

Lavrov said on the first day of the week in Geneva that "when the OSCE representative on freedom of the media refers to measures to ban the Russian media in Ukraine only" excessive ", there are serious doubts as to the impartiality of the institution. And all this against the background of the campaign in Western countries in the OSCE in favor of protection of the rights of correspondents as a special category of people ", drew the attention of the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"I must say that I find quite amazing that the Minister Lavrov decided to comment on the message made by the office of the envoy of the OSCE on freedom of the media on a regular session of the Council of the United Nations on human rights, not least because my office was the only international organization that raised the question of the recent restrictions imposed on the Russian correspondents in Ukraine. I would like to know, because what parameters it can be considered biased, " said Mijatovic written notes for the Last news .

"However, it is important that the Minister Lavrov following the work of my office And I would be happy to meet with him soon to discuss this or any of my other statements on freedom of the media in the Russian Federation or whatever in the area of the OSCE," she added.


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