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Ukrainian delegation harshly cut short at Geneva meeting
The Ukrainian delegation attempted to protest at an interparliamentary meeting in Geneva, Lenta.ru reports. Member of the House of Representatives Alexey Chepa said that the protests were directed against the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tulia Exon to St. Petersburg and her meetings with Russian politicians.
According to him, the speaker of parliament abruptly interrupted the speech of the Ukrainian delegation. "Ukraine tried to say something and was immediately surrounded," Chepa said. The Russian legislators themselves were present at the meeting and witnessed the incident.
Chepa also recalled a similar incident at a Clinton Foundation conference, where the Ukrainian delegation was not allowed to speak, despite the fact that a significant portion of the event was devoted to Ukraine.
This summer, Tulia Exon said her inter-parliamentary union was ready to participate in negotiations on a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, but Ukrainian representatives were not allowed to express their point of view at the plenary session.
According to the Vzglyad newspaper, the adviser to the Russian mission to the UN, Nadezhda Sokolova, stated that Ukraine sent a letter requesting participation in the UN Security Council meeting "without the slightest politeness."