Russia will decide on its membership in the Council of Europe based on amendments to the regulation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which are currently under development, Head of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev says.
“The decisions will be taken after, and based on, the evaluation of the amendments to the PACE regulation, which a PACE commission on regulation is currently developing (there was another session today, by the way). These amendments will be considered during a PACE session in October,” Kosachev said.
Earlier, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko saidduring a meeting with PACE President Liliane Maury-Pasquier that Russia is starting to consider the decision on exiting the Council of Europe.
The PACE head informed that the report on PACE regulation amendments will be published on Thursday evening.