The majority of the countries of the Council of Europe advocated the adoption of the draft decision, the opening of Russia's participation in June session of PACE, said Last news yesterday the vote, the head of one political group of the Assembly of the Tiny Kox.

on the first day of the week the PACE is expected to consider the draft report of the Belgian parliamentarian Petra De Sutter, in which it is proposed to provide was not presented before the delegations (including Russia) range of opportunities to participate in the session.

we will be electing the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and judges of the ECtHR.

Cox added that the report De Sutter corresponds to the first decision-making Assembly.

He said about the April PACE report, for the first time in 2014, Russia was invited to form a delegation to participate in the session. Well as Cox recalled in Helsinki at the Ministerial Council of the Council of Europe statement.

in April 2014 the Russian delegation in PACE was deprived of voting rights because of events in Ukraine and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. In 2015, the PACE has twice considered the question of the restoration of Russian delegation's credentials, but then the law was tightened.

in response, the delegation said the refusal to work on such conditions, and in 2016-2018 did not send a petition to the confirming authority for anti-Russian sentiment. The Russian side made a proposal to amend the regulations of the Assembly position, no one has the right to deprive the authority of any national delegation.

in may, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a report, stating that all countries of the CE must have the right to equal participation in the Committee of Ministers and PACE.

in June, the PACE Committee on rules has adopted a draft decision, which has made the initiative to give the Russian delegation to the range of opportunities for participation in June session. The document Also proposes to amend the Charter of the organization and specify that " in case of contestation or revision of the authority members do not have the ability to be deprived of the right to vote, the right to speak, to be represented in the Assembly and its bodies."



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