URU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 311: Udtalelse af 27. september 2018 fra Litauens parlament om Rusland

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SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

RESOLUTION

ON ACTIVITIES OF THE DELEGATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT

THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

27 September 2018 No XIII-1504

Vilnius

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,

noting

that in the course of its military aggression against Ukraine and the occupation and

annexation of Crimea, the Russian Federation has gravely violated the territorial integrity of

another member of the Council of Europe, the security of the European continent, numerous norms

of international law, its international obligations, including the obligation to comply with the

Statute of the Council of Europe and other obligations undertaken by the Russian Federation upon

accession to this international organisation in 1996;

recalling

that, on 10 April 2014, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

(hereinafter:

‘PACE’),

in response to the occupation and annexation of Crimea by the Russian

Federation and in the manner prescribed by PACE, suspended the voting rights of the Russian

delegation to PACE and the rights to be represented in the governing bodies of the Assembly and

to participate in election observation missions;

expressing disappointment

that the Russian Federation has failed to take the necessary

steps to implement the resolution of PACE, responded to the

PACE’s

decision with threats to

refrain from the financial obligations binding on the Member State and partially suspended its

participation in the work of PACE;

taking into consideration

the fact that upon accession to the Council of Europe the Russian

Federation entered into commitments in respect of the Baltic States and has failed to honour them;

noting

that the Russian Federation is seeking to modify the rules of the Council of Europe

and thus to have the sanctions imposed on it lifted;

URU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 311: Udtalelse af 27. september 2018 fra Litauens parlament om Rusland

invites

PACE to refrain from adopting the amendments to the rules and procedures tabled

by the Russian Federation enabling the Member State which infringed the norms of the

Organisation to recover its rights without having implemented the Assembly's decisions;

stresses

that the decision to adopt the proposals by the Russian Federation would set a

negative precedent for other states to evade their obligations and would undermine the credibility

of the Council of Europe as the guardian of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and

might cause serious harm to the standing of this international organisation;

calls on

the Council of Europe and PACE to consistently comply with their decisions with

regard to the Russian Federation;

obliges

the members of the Seimas Delegation to PACE and in other bodies of the Council

of Europe to abide by this position.

Speaker of the Seimas

Viktoras Pranckietis