The work of the Extraordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the crisis in Ukraine began today in Strasbourg.
In the framework of the Assembly's plenary session, the head of the Cypriot delegation, Mr. Nicos Tornaritis, addressed the President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Mr. Benedetto Della Vedova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy. In particular, Mr. Tornaritis, underlining the similarities between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974, submitted a written question to the Italian Minister regarding the necessity of taking decisive measures against Council of Europe member states, which are both NATO members and candidates for accession to the European Union, such as Turkey, which refuse to align themselves with the sanctions against Russia that have been collectively decided upon.
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