People's deputy Nadiya Savchenko takes part in her first PACE session

Information Department
21 June 2016, 08:57

On June 20, people's deputy of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko delivered her speech at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the first time. She expressed confidence that the Russian Federation must account for the infringement of human rights at the European Court of Human Rights. The parliamentarian drew attention to kidnapping of the Ukrainians, including Crimean Tatars. Ms. Savchenko assured she was ready to work constructively for the sake of the peace. She said Russia as a country that signed the Budapest Memorandum stabbed Ukraine in the back thus, the Russian delegation cannot be allowed to return to the PACE. The PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons asked member of the Ukrainian delegation Nadiya Savchenko to get involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the resolution on hostages during the war in Ukraine.