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16.03.2009
Belarusian MPs to partake in discussing draft Belarus report in PACE
MINSK, March 13 (BelTA) – A delegation of Belarusian parliamentarians will take part in a session of the Commission for Political Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Paris on April 17, BelTA learnt from a spokesman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus.The Belarusian MPs have been invited to participate in discussing a draft report about the situation in Belarus. The report is supposed to be discussed at one of the forthcoming PACE sessions.The Belarusian delegation is expected to help authors of the report to make their document balanced, correct and filled with the most truthful information about the situation in the country.Chairman of the Legislation and State Development Commission of the Council of the Republic Yevgeny Smirnov will lead the Belarusian parliament delegation at the PACE commission session.A PACE delegation visited Belarus on February 16-19. The delegation was led by Goran Lindblad. The delegation included Sinikka Hurskainen, Chair of the PACE’s Sub-Committee on Belarus, and Andrea Rigoni, PACE Rapporteur on Belarus. Members of the delegation held meetings in both chambers of the National Assembly, the Belarus President Administration, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, the General Prosecutor Office, the ministries of foreign affairs, information, education, justice as well as meetings with the administration, teachers, and students of the Belarusian State University.