On December 5, upon the invitation of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
, the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka will pay on an official visit to Moscow.
During the visit, it is planned that Wolfgang Sobotka will speak at the plenary meeting of the State Duma and a bilateral meeting of heads of chambers will take place. The parties will discuss prospects for the development of inter-parliamentary relations, issues of Russian-Austrian cooperation.
The last visit of the Austrian delegation of such level to Russia was 17 years ago.
The previous speech of a Speaker of the Austrian Parliament in the State Duma took place in 1996.