INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Parliamentarians from 20 countries have prompted Austria to bar Russian delegates from attending an event of the worlds largest security
body later this month, in a letter seen by AFP on Thursday.The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)s parliamentary
assembly is to be held in Vienna on Feb
23-24, the 1 year anniversary of Moscows invasion of Ukraine.Parliamentarians from 15 EU countries along with Canada, Georgia, Iceland, the
and Ukraine itself have actually challenged Russias involvement at the conference, advising Austria to prohibit Moscows delegation from
attending.Russia would utilize the conference to plant disinformation, phony news and hate speech, the letter sent to Austrias government
The participation of the Russian parliamentarians in the Vienna session ..
would be read in Russia as its indirect legitimization and part of a go back to business as normal, it added
Russia would find that it might attain its war intends without running the risk of ostracism, seclusion and global sanctions
The letter noted that in 2015 the U.K
and Poland obstructed the involvement of Russian delegates at OSCE parliamentary conferences in the two countries.Ukraines OSCE Ambassador
Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk said in a statement sent out to AFP that Russia need to be rejected a chance to make a huge propagandistic show
Austria-- where the OSCE and various other global organizations are based-- is required under worldwide law to give entry to the delegates
of all OSCE taking part states, a foreign ministry spokeswoman told AFP
This is not an Austrian invitation, but a main conference of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ..
EU sanctions offer an exception to the entry prohibits specifically for such cases, she said.But she included entry was permitted entirely
for the function of participating in the conference
She validated Austria had actually gotten the letter.The OSCE was established in 1957 to foster relations in between the Western and
Eastern blocs and the company presently has 57 members.
