On 20 July 2012 a scheduled round of expert Russian-EU human rights consultations was held. A wide range of issues of cooperation between international universal and regional human rights organizations was discussed. Our position on prevention from politicization of international human rights mechanisms’ operation and the universal character of human rights and fundamental freedoms was affirmed.
Opinions on the situation related to human rights in Russia and EU member states were exchanged. At the request of partners, latest Russian legislative initiatives and the course of investigation of resonance criminal cases were reported. On our part, we draw attention to growing number of cases of neo-Nazi attitudes, racial discrimination, infringement of rights of the Russian-speaking population in Latvia and Estonia. Such issues as rule of law in the internal policy and foreign affairs, development of civil society, children’s and disabled people’s rights were discussed.
Question (addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov): After your recent discussions, including on Syria and the episode of detention of a US Embassy official in Moscow on a charge of espionage, do you think that your collective work is constructive? Sergey Lavrov (answers after John Kerry): Regarding the incident of the detention of a US Embassy official in Moscow that you have mentioned, everything, that the Russian party wished to say about it, was said yesterday in the comment of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. I have nothing to add.
Dear Mr Chairman,Dear colleagues, friends, First of all, I would like to thank our Swedish hosts for their hospitality, good organization of the today’s meeting and to congratulate Mr Carl Bildt with the results that were reached by the Arctic Council under Swedish chairmanship.
Today we sign the second in history legally binding panarctic document – Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. This is another evidence of high responsibility of Arctic countries for the state of affairs in the region. The next is the preparation of the Agreement on Marine Oil Spill Prevention.
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