“As the head of the delegation, I reaffirmed the readiness to invite the ODIHR mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September,” said Petr Tolstoy
Tolstoy
Petr Olegovich
.
He said that, at the meeting, together with the Chairman of the Committee on International
Affairs Leonid Slutskiy
Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich
and the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council
Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov, they explained to the members
of the foreign delegation the electoral legislation of the Russian Federation, and also emphasized the need to non-politicize and observe
objectively the electoral processes in Russia.
“The newly elected ODIHR Director assured the Russian delegation of the impartiality and objectivity of the Bureau's activities, and expressed readiness for mutual cooperation with the State Duma,” stressed Petr Tolstoy.