MOSCOW. July 10 (Interfax) - The Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will highlight human rights in eastern Ukraine, migration and the war on terrorism at the next sessions of the assembly, delegation head and State Duma Vice-Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy said.
"As for the future subjects, migration is a definitely pressing theme in the eyes of our colleagues in addition to the war on terrorism, and we have seen from the debates that Europe has a variety of approaches to this issue," Tolstoy said, answering an Interfax question as to which subjects Russia intended to raise in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
"To my mind, human rights are a pressing subject which has been in the focus of OSCE attention. We are set to continue the discussion of human rights, especially in eastern Ukraine, and ways of how the incumbent Ukrainian authorities are ensuring human rights," he said.
The issue directly concerns Russia, which has taken in a colossal number of people who fled "the wave of terror unleashed by the nationalists who took power in Kyiv," Tolstoy said.
The Russian delegation will be looking for subjects that would be up-to-date and help raise the efficiency of the OSCE PA, he said.
"Together with all OSCE PA members, the Russian delegation should find subjects, which would meet two criteria - topicality and unifying grounds, i.e. relation to a majority of Assembly member countries," Tolstoy said.
It would be impossible to win the attention of any delegation by offering a subject which does not concern it or does not relate to the interests of its voters, he said. Russia will be looking for topics, which can unite deputies for joint work rather than divide them, he said.
In turn, State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Leonid Slutsky contends that the OSCE ought to go back to its original tasks and "become a genuine organization for security and cooperation in Europe."