The delegations of five countries announce the establishment of the Baltic Plus Group in PACE with the goal of holding PACE and its members to the fundamental principles on which it was once established. The member delegations of the Group will continue to safeguard the policy of non-recognition and condemnation of Russia’s occupation and annexation of Crimea, continued military occupation of parts of Eastern Ukraine and parts of Georgia and Moldova.
In their statement, the parliamentarians refuse to attend the official celebration in honour of the 70th Anniversary of the Council of Europe, protesting against the surrender of the Council of Europe values to the disrespectful demands and financial sabotage by the Russian Federation.
