19 Council Of Europe Member Countries Sign Declaration Against Return Of Russia's Delegation To PACE

A total of 19 member countries of the Council of Europe have signed a declaration against return of delegation of the Russian Federation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Chairperson of the Ukrainian Delegation to PACE / member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Volodymyr Ariyev has written this on Facebook, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The signers were the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, Georgia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ukraine.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine considers that possible return of the Russian delegation to PACE before withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine and restoration of its territorial integrity would contradict the international law.