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President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt insists that the Assembly should take all necessary steps to return Russian delegates to the plenary hall, according to Europeiska Pravda.
While opening the autumn session of PACE, he said that the situation with no Russian delegation at the Assembly is beneficial neither to Russia nor the Assembly or any of the other 46 member states.
He also complained about the resistance of certain forces, who do not consider it possible to remove restrictions from the representatives of the Russian Federation.
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He also said he would continue to work toward Russia's return and urged other politicians to support him.
However, Agramunt noted that it was still necessary to speak about violations by the Russian Federation. According to him, the dialogue should not undermine the principles of the PACE.