After unconditional confirmation of the authority of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the delegations of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Estonia and Georgia announced they will return home to consult their parliaments and governments about the joint actions in the Assembly in the next sessions, Ukrainian MP Leonid Yemets said.
“Yesterday, the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE declared they would walk out. Today Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Estonia and Georgia together stood by Ukraine side by side. The delegations declared the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions unacceptable. And a threat from such a decision to the very existence of the PACE. And we now ask our parliaments and governments to make a decision on our future participation in the PACE work,” Yemets wrote on Facebook on June 26 evening.
