The head of the parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE Ilkka Kanerva made the initiative in March to hold a meeting of the inter-parliamentary group for discussion of Ukrainian settlement of the conflict, said Last news people's choice of the state Duma Nikolai Kovalev, who headed the Russian delegation at the winter session of the Assembly.

The winter session of the OSCE PA was held in Vienna from 18 to 20 February.

"The current head of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly Ilkka Kanerva, who represents Finland, invited the delegations of Russia And Ukraine, And we met. And he defined the theme of the invitation of speakers (parliaments) for a conversation. The mechanism will be launched, we will see whether they will be able to hold such a meeting of the chairmen or their authorized in mid-March, " said Kovalev.

according to him, were discussed in this meeting will be part of Serbia as the acting head of the OSCE, Switzerland (former) And Germany (the future), but as long as no final decision has been.

"When discussed possible agenda, we have identified that other themes can't be, in addition to the Minsk agreements. What is the objective of the parliaments of our countries in the control that these consensus were implemented in our reality, " - said the people's choice.

the conclusion about the creation of the inter-parliamentary liaison group on Ukraine was adopted at the OSCE PA in June 2014 in Baku, but since it still does not work, because the Ukrainian delegation ignored her.

Kovalev noticed that the OSCE PA, as opposed to from other assemblies, took a constructive approach And listens to stakeholders, to develop their relationship to their positions.

"It's great because the others just don't want neither to listen nor to hear, nor to weigh the arguments. And in the parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE normal And constructive dialogue. For example, only position on Ukraine voted 60 speakers, " said the people's choice.

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