Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements

Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, H.E. Thorbjørn Jagland. Address by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Ambassador Günther Bächler. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1208 on the agenda and organizational modalities of the 2016 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) (Russian Federation, interpretative statement). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. “5+2” discussions on the Transdniestrian settlement process in the Republic of Moldova, held in Berlin on 2 and 3 June 2016. Sentencing of members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan. Violations of the rights of migrants in the United States of America. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Parliamentary elections in Belarus, to be held on 11 September 2016. General elections in Spain, to be held on 26 June 2016. Parliamentary elections in Georgia, to be held on 8 October 2016.