Secretary of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate to the European International Institutions participates in the session of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in the European Parliament

On 25-26 January 2006, Rev. Antony Ilijin, Secretary of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate to the European International Institutions, participated as an observer in the session of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in the European Parliament. Among the discussed questions were: Russia’s accession to the WTO and the ‘problem 2007’ connected with the expiry of the Agreement on partnership and cooperation. The deputies underscored the necessity of working out such an international agreement between Russia and the EU that would include improved normative basis for parliamentary interaction. Working groups, including the working group on problems of the Kaliningrad Region, delivered their reports.

In his talk with deputies-members of the Committee, Rev. Antony Ilijin said that the lack of non-governmental mechanisms of cooperation between Russia and the EU in the existing documents could be partly compensated by the dialogue in the civil society in Euro-regions. The dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church can contribute in it significantly.

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