Ukrainian PACE delegation will pursue demarche if Russia is allowed back in
According to the Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE, Volodymyr Ariev, if Russia is allowed back into the Parliamentary Assembly without restrictions, the majority of the Ukrainian delegation will pursue a demarche, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
"And we can be not the only one who will make a démarche. There are some quite well-known politicians, who told us they do not want to remain in the Assembly under such conditions," Ariev said.
He noted that the PACE leadership in general does not believe that the delegation of Ukraine would dare to pursue such a course of action.
"In their place I would not take our statements lightly. Yes, this decision hasn’t been made yet, but the mood in the delegation is just like that," he added.
Ariev noted that the specific course of action will be determined depending on the circumstances of Russia’s return to the PACE; whether it will be full or partial.
"But the most important principle is this: the organization that went against its own principles cannot recommend anything to Ukraine, and not only to Ukraine, but also in general to anyone else," he stressed.