News of the Chairman

Vyacheslav Volodin met with Natalya Kochanova

Chairman of the State Duma and Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus discussed the decisions adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia on December 2

Chairman of the State Duma: NATO should share responsibility for the migration crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland

Vyacheslav Volodin said that “the US authorities are responsible for citizens of the Middle Eastern countries have become refugees”

Vyacheslav Volodin: The Union State is just at the beginning, and much remains to be done

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that “there are still a lot of capabilities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia”

Structure of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia may be changed due to implementation of 28 union programs

The current structure of the Parliamentary Assembly will be reviewed by a relevant working group. Such proposal was made by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at the 61st session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Vyacheslav Volodin met with Vladimir Andreichenko

Chairman of the State Duma and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus discussed, in particular, issues related to providing legislative support for the decisions of the Presidents of Russia and Belarus on the implementation of 28 union programs

Vyacheslav Volodin elected Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia

Such decision was adopted at the 61st session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia

Vyacheslav Volodin met with Alexander Lukashenko

Meeting participants discussed issues related to providing legislative support for decisions of the Supreme State Council of the Union State

International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism” may be held in September 2022

That was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin during his meeting with the President of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

Chairman of the State Duma and President of Vietnam discussed development of inter-parliamentary cooperation between two states

Vyacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc supported the idea of enhancement of cooperation within the framework of Inter-parliamentary Commission, noted its effectiveness, and cooperation within the framework of relevant committees and friendship groups

The CSTO PA meeting was held today

Meeting participants noted the CSTO PA active position on many issues. The parliamentarians agreed to enhance cooperation, as well as continue work on the harmonization of national legislations

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to develop new formats within the framework of the CSTO PA

He stressed that challenges of the time should be taken into account when developing new formats

Next CSTO PA meeting may be held in Yerevan

In addition, a round table on the situation in Afghanistan may be held in Nur-Sultan

Vyacheslav Volodin called implementation of the decisions of the heads of the organization's member states the CSTO PA priority task

The Chairman of the State Duma, the CSTO PA Chairman noted the importance of facilitation at parliamentary level of ratification of the signed treaties

Vyacheslav Volodin called on parliamentary organizations to develop unified standards to overcome migration crises

The Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the European Union “does not intend to provide assistance to Belarus, there are migrants from the Middle East trying to get to other European states

Vyacheslav Volodin re-elected CSTO PA Chairman

His candidacy was unanimously supported by participants of the CSTO PA plenary session, held on November 29 via videoconference