June 29,
2019 (UNIAN) Delegations of Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia, and Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
decided to cut short their participation in the summer session following the
return to the PACE of Russian legislators. "The unconditional restoration
of the Russian Delegation’s rights without the Russian Federation honoring any
of the Assembly’s numerous demands runs counter to the core values of the
Council of Europe and its Statute," reads a joint statement released by
the group of delegations.
"This
step sends a very wrong signal to the country that has resorted to armed
aggression, poisoning of individuals, does not observe human rights of its
citizens and does not promote but seeks to destabilize democracies throughout
Europe," the delegates said. "The future of the CoE is under threat
as a whole because the CoE is losing the trust of the people it stands to
protect," the statement stresses. The delegates said they are returning
home "to consult our Parliaments and Governments about the joint actions
in the Assembly in the next sessions," adding that they "wish good
luck to the newly elected Secretary General and hope she/he finds a way to
solve this unprecedented crisis of trust which was created this week."
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