Press release on a meeting of the Russian Federation Interagency Commission for the Council of Europe

On December 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a regular, 27th, meeting of the Russian Federation Interagency Commission for the Council of Europe (CE). 

The Commission analysed the CE’s current anti-Russia activities, primarily its continued course for stepping up a legal aggression against the Russian Federation via the creation of illegitimate, pseudo-legalistic mechanisms for bringing Russia to “account” in connection with the special military operation. Additional measures have been outlined to neutralise unfriendly actions undertaken against Russia.  

The Commission reaffirmed the Russian Federation’s refusal to participate in the Council of Europe multilateral conventions that no longer meet its interests, up to denouncing the relevant agreements.