Media: New PACE President plans to meet with Russian Parliament speakers
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Stella Kyriakides, has sent a letter to the speakers of the Russian Parliament’s lower and upper houses in which she confirms her readiness to hold a meeting with them in the near future, TASS reported, citing a source on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s assembly on Saturday in Saint Petersburg.
"She [Kyriakides] expresses her appreciation for the invitation to participate in the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly, but notes that PACE is unable to send an official representative," said the source, quoting the contents of the Chairman Pro Tempore’s letter.
That said, Kyriakides “hopes soon, when a fitting occasion arises, to meet with Speakers of the Russian Parliament’s houses to discuss relations between the Russian parliament and PACE, and considers this issue exclusively important,” added the source.
On October 10, Cypriot MP Stella Kyriakides won the election for the Presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.