Standing Committee meets in Moscow

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, MP, leader of the parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, is taking part in the meeting of the assembly's Standing Committee being held in Moscow. Participants are debating the...

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, MP, leader of the parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, is taking part in the meeting of the assembly's Standing Committee being held in Moscow.

Participants are debating the independence referendum in Montenegro, the cultural diversity of the Northern Caucasus, working migration from eastern and central Europe, the need to enhance European air safety, economic development in Ukraine, a European prisons charter and the Council of Europe's budget.

The committee acts on behalf of the Assembly between part-sessions and brings together some 60 parliamentarians from the 46 member states.

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