Udtalelse af 27. september 2018 fra Litauens parlament om Rusland

SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
RESOLUTION
ON ACTIVITIES OF THE DELEGATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT
THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
27 September 2018 No XIII-1504
Vilnius
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,
noting that in the course of its military aggression against Ukraine and the occupation and
annexation of Crimea, the Russian Federation has gravely violated the territorial integrity of
another member of the Council of Europe, the security of the European continent, numerous norms
of international law, its international obligations, including the obligation to comply with the
Statute of the Council of Europe and other obligations undertaken by the Russian Federation upon
accession to this international organisation in 1996;
recalling that, on 10 April 2014, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(hereinafter: ‘PACE’), in response to the occupation and annexation of Crimea by the Russian
Federation and in the manner prescribed by PACE, suspended the voting rights of the Russian
delegation to PACE and the rights to be represented in the governing bodies of the Assembly and
to participate in election observation missions;
expressing disappointment that the Russian Federation has failed to take the necessary
steps to implement the resolution of PACE, responded to the PACE’s decision with threats to
refrain from the financial obligations binding on the Member State and partially suspended its
participation in the work of PACE;
taking into consideration the fact that upon accession to the Council of Europe the Russian
Federation entered into commitments in respect of the Baltic States and has failed to honour them;
noting that the Russian Federation is seeking to modify the rules of the Council of Europe
and thus to have the sanctions imposed on it lifted;
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invites PACE to refrain from adopting the amendments to the rules and procedures tabled
by the Russian Federation enabling the Member State which infringed the norms of the
Organisation to recover its rights without having implemented the Assembly's decisions;
stresses that the decision to adopt the proposals by the Russian Federation would set a
negative precedent for other states to evade their obligations and would undermine the credibility
of the Council of Europe as the guardian of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and
might cause serious harm to the standing of this international organisation;
calls on the Council of Europe and PACE to consistently comply with their decisions with
regard to the Russian Federation;
obliges the members of the Seimas Delegation to PACE and in other bodies of the Council
of Europe to abide by this position.
Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis