The state Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin on Wednesday, November 26, will hold a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbj?rn Jagland, said the press service of the state Duma on Tuesday.

The meeting will be held in the capital of Russia in the state Duma.

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against sectors of the Russian economy, in fact closed For a number of major companies and credit organizations in Western capital markets.

in April the PACE for the position of the capital of Russia in the Crimea has deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights to participate in the meeting of statutory bodies and participation in monitoring activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room to restore power. The range of capabilities of all delegations are updated every year, for this reason, the deprivation of voting rights is effective only until the end of the year. At the session in January, the range of opportunities to all delegations by tradition is confirmed again.

first Naryshkin sure that the PACE is a chance to realize their potential and to become one of the key institutions overcome common European fall of the trust. For this purpose, according to his vision, it is necessary not only to update the agenda, but also to guarantee the equality of all delegations and parliamentarians, excluding any scheduled lead To bureaucratic " Stripping " objectionable topics and proposals.

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