IPA CIS - Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States

09/22/2021 | Press release | Archived content

Russian Senators Welcome Signing of Memorandum between IPA CIS and UNOCT

Today, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a Statement on the need to unite the efforts of the international community in countering terrorism.

First Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov noted that the document had been developed as a follow-up of the discussion held at the Global Parliamentary Summit on Countering Terrorism in Vienna on 9 September this year. He stressed that Russian parliamentarians welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism as a first step towards giving a parliamentary dimension to the initiative of the President of Russian Federation to establish a broad international coalition against terrorism.

Vladimir Dzhabarovnoted the desire to continue the deliberations on the topic next May in St. Petersburg at the World Conference on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue.

According to the press service of the Federation Council, the statement will be sent to the United Nations, the parliaments of the UN Member Nations and international parliamentary organizations.

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