The Ukrainian delegation to PACE interrupted the speech of the Serbian Deputy about the Crimea

The Ukrainian delegation to PACE interrupted the speech of the Serbian Deputy Alexander Seselj in Russian on the Crimea.

He added that the citizens of Crimea voted for joining the Peninsula to Russia, " because I didn't want to be burned like their compatriots in Odessa ".

the current phrase certain deputies began banging and shouting in English.

Seselj then asked the head of the PACE, Liliane Maury Pasquier. It is, for its part, responded with a screaming MP: "I you words, it seems, did not give Mr. Goncharenko ".

This is not the first such Speech by Seselj. The Serbian people's choice is known that at the January session spoke in the midst of discussions in Russian language in the PACE and told about the affiliation of Crimea to Russia. The performance was held under the indignant cries of the audience.

on the first day of the week to PACE to discuss the draft decision, prompting Russia to come to the June session. If the resolution to the report will pass in its current form, the Russian delegation will submit to the same day a petition for participation in the work of the June session. Along With this, the report retains a provision on the possibility of challenging the credentials of delegations.

The morning discussion in PACE is very active. First, the Plenipotentiaries of the Ukrainian delegation tried to change the agenda, then complained about the actions of the head of the PACE. It was later announced that the delegation made a record 226 amendments to the text of the document.

in the beginning of the discussion of the draft document Petra de Sutter Ukrainian Ombudsman tried again to return the report for revision in Committee. According to the results of brief vote This proposal was rejected, and the discussion continued at first to plan.

Observers stressed that the debate on the report of de Sutter is in a rather emotional atmosphere. English MPs have accused the leadership of the Council of Europe in cahoots, and the Russian Federation - financial blackmail.



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