Austria is facing criticism for granting visas to six Russian lawmakers for talks with OSCE counterparts in Vienna. Ukraine and Lithuania have boycotted the two-day talks. DW reports from the scene.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) A contentious Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary meeting ended Friday with condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Russian delegates accused the West of preventing dialogue by arming Kyiv.
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A meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s parliamentary assembly got underway Thursday without the Ukrainian delegation, which described the presence of Russian lawmakers as “an affront.” The two-day meeting of the normally low-profile assembly is coinciding with the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The attendance of the Russian lawmakers has…
A two-day meeting of the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has kicked off in Vienna amid harsh criticism of Russia's war in Ukraine and a boycott by Ukraine's delegation on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion.