MOSCOW, Jul 5The session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is taking place without the participation of Russia, therefore the Russian delegation will not recognize the decisions of the assembly, they will be illegitimate, said Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the delegation of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pyotr Tolstoy. work of the 29th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. As you know, the British authorities denied the participation in this session of the delegation of Russia and Belarus, violating all the rules of the OSCE. Apparently, such an organization does not exist for Britain and there are no rules either» , Tolstoy said at a press conference at the Rossii Segodnya international multimedia press center.Yesterday, 16:51 The Belarusian delegation was denied a visa to participate in the OSCE PA session «The Russian delegation, not participating in the Parliamentary Assembly, does not recognize its decisions, they are illegitimate and insignificant for us. Accordingly, they can now write anything in their resolutions «, — said Tolstoy. According to him, in the absence of the Russian delegation, the session participants discuss issues related to the Russian Federation, which «occupy most of the discussion.» «Among the additional points made in the final declaration, it is proposed to include a joint American-Lithuanian-Ukrainian point called» Aggressive war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and its people and the resulting threat to the security of the OSCE region. «In fact, the inclusion of the second paragraph was proposed by the Poles — this is» Human dimensions in the context of current security threats in the region caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine, «Tolstoy said. He named the proposals in declaration clauses are extremely politicized and did not rule out that Russia would give a proper response. «As you can see from the wording, the points are extremely politicized, and if they are included in the final declaration, naturally, we will react accordingly,» Tolstoy said.
June 22, 17:34The British Embassy announced the reason for the denial of visas to Russian delegates
