There's no solution to Ukrainian crisis without Russia.- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly head Read

The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), Ranko Krivokapic, said Monday a solution to the Ukrainian crisis could only be found with Russia’s participation.


Mr. Krivokapic is expected to meet with Sergey Naryshkin, the chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, later today.

Krivokapic, who is also the speaker of the parliament of Montenegro, said he would first visit Moscow and then the Ukrainian capital Kiev for talks on the situation around Ukraine. Russia should take part in seeking ways out of the crisis, he said.
OSCE special representative on anti-terrorism, a member of the Russian State Duma security committee Nikolay Kovalev said talks with the OSCE PA delegation are productive.

"We have outlined a wide range of issues to be discussed. We are united in one thing - Russia's position does not change: our task is to prevent human losses in connection with aggravation of the situation in Ukraine," the politician said......

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• Duma speaker hopes for impartiality of OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine...

 

State Duma (lower house of parliament) Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said he hoped for the impartiality of the monitoring mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine. 

 “We hope the OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine will offer constructive assistance in settling the political crisis in that country,” he said at a meeting with Ranko Krivokapic, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Montenegrin parliament speaker, on Monday, March 31.

“Its [the OSCE mission’s] work should be objective, impartial and neutral,” Naryshkin said.
The OSCE Permanent Council decided in a special session on Ukraine on March 21, to deploy an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission of international observers to Ukraine: the mission’s aim is to contribute to reducing tensions and fostering peace, stability and security.

Throughout the country, the mission will gather information and report on the security situation as well as establish and report facts regarding incidents, including those concerning alleged violations of fundamental OSCE principles and commitments. It will also monitor the human rights situation in the country, including the rights of national minorities. Facilitating dialogue on the ground to promote normalization of the situation is a further task of the mission................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/725984
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