1173rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. George Tsereteli. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1286 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Implementation of the decision of the Constitutional Court of Turkey ordering the release of Mr. M. Altan and Mr. A. Alpay. The death penalty in Belarus. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the OSCE, Ambassador K. Ilioski. Parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan, to be held on 25 March 2018. Presidential elections in Montenegro, to be held on 15 April 2018.