Russia has come close to resuming activities in all the bodies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in 2019, First Deputy Speaker of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) Nikolai Fyodorov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 20th meeting of the Association of European Senates in Paris, APA reports citing TASS.
"We are cautiously optimistic about the possibility of our return [to PACE]," he said in response to a TASS question. "Thanks to the active position of the French parliament, the French Senate and the Senate president - I have already thanked him - I can say that we have come close to resuming activities in all of PACE’s bodies this year," Fyodorov added.
He also said that "the establishment is interested in removing all obstacles preventing Russia’s participation in the Assembly’s activities."
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