London refuses visas for Russian delegation to participate in OSCE PA session

The UK has refused to issue visas for the Russian delegation to participate in the July session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, said Vladimir Jabarov, first deputy head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Report informs referring to Interfax.

“We have received an essentially outrageous answer that the British government - verbatim - cannot issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to the OSCE PA for whatever purpose they visit the country,” he said.

According to Jabarov, the 29th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held on July 2-6 in Birmingham, UK.