Russia will not participate in the Council of Europe again since, he argues, the countries of the European Union and NATO, hostile to Moscow, “they continue their path towards the destruction” of this institution “and of the common European humanitarian and legal space”The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement.
In the note, reported by the official Russian agency Tass, Russia assures that in the Council of Europe, EU and NATO countries abuse their majority to impose their views.
“Russia will not participate in the transformation of the oldest European organization” by the NATO members that the EU bloc obediently follows.
The ministry also ensures that this institution, intended to promote the cooperation of European states, it has become a space where “songs about the superiority and swagger of the West” are heard. “Let them enjoy interacting with each other, without Russia,” the ministry said, according to the Russian agency.
“Withdrawal from the Council of Europe is carried out on the basis of Article 7 of the Charter of the Council of Europe at the initiative of a Member State, when the Secretary General is officially notified” of the organization, the vice president of the Russian Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev, explained this Thursday to the Russian agency RIA Novosti.
“The termination of membership occurs at the end of the current year, if the notification is made during the first 9 months of this year,” explained the politician when referring to the process of leaving the Council.
What’s more, “the exit mechanism implies the simultaneous renunciation of the Charter of the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights”, Kosachev explained.
Moscow’s decision comes amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, a conflict that has aggravated tensions between the government led by Vladimir Putin and Western countries.
Source: Lasexta
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