Strasbourg, March 19.– The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will hold its plenary session during which a debate on Russia’s war against Ukraine is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon (21 March).
On this occasion, Congress President Leendert Verbeek will present a draft declaration for adoption, followed by a video message from Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox, as well as the Minister of Infrastructure Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, on behalf of the Icelandic Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, are invited to address the members of the Congress during the plenary sitting.
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