Aleksandr Zhukov held a meeting with President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly

Aleksandr Zhukov and María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés discussed the importance of enhanced cooperation between Russia and the United Nations to strengthen the system of international law and address together challenges and threats
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov

The meeting of the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov Zhukov Alexander Dmitrievich Zhukov
Alexander Dmitrievich
and the President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés took place on July 29 at the State Duma. 

“The purpose of my visit is to deliver a message on the need to strengthen the system of multilateral relations and the supremacy of international law,” said the President of the 73 session of the UN General Assembly and stressed that “there is a serious need to strengthen the multilateral system, and the UN is the basis of this system and the values that we should protect and strengthen.”

Aleksandr Zhukov and María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés discussed the enhanced cooperation between Russia and the United Nations to address the global challenges and threats that the world is facing, such as terrorism, migration, climate change and oceans pollution. 

“All these issues require the enhanced mutual cooperation. And we count on Russia as a serious ally on these issues,” stressed María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.

During the meeting, parties paid particular attention to the development of the inter-parliamentary dimension of interaction and strengthening the cooperation of parliamentarians of all countries with the United Nations Organization. 

“We fully agree with you that the United Nations should be strengthened, the role of the UN should be enhanced. The UN is the parliament of the world,” said Aleksandr Zhukov.

The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma noted that “parliaments of all countries of the world should cooperate as closely as possible with the UN”.

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Meeting of First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov and President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy and President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov
 
Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy and President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov
Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov