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Tennessee Titans plan to wear Houston Oilers throwbacks next season. “We strongly believe that the Russian parliamentarians, all of whom have been sanctioned by the United States, the six that are here, should not have been permitted visas to come to this meeting," Cardin said. Ben Cardin, told reporters in Vienna that the delegation supported excluding the Russians from the meeting. they are here to try and justify the war crimes they have committed and desecrate the principles of international law and human decency.”ĭuring the session, some delegates walked out as Russian lawmakers spoke. “They are here to spread their propaganda. “They are not here for genuine dialogue nor for cooperation,” it added. “But for those present today, this is your opportunity to stand up for Ukraine and to confront the lies from the aggressors.”Ī Slovak delegate read out a statement from the Ukrainian delegation that said “the presence of these warmongers in Vienna is an affront to everything that the OSCE stands for.” “I do sympathize with the fact that some members find it unbearable to sit in the same room as the aggressors,” the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's president, Margareta Cederfelt, told the opening session. “The OSCE, with its inclusive approach and comprehensive security concept, can and above all should be part of a solution to this conflict.”
The group has a wide-ranging mission, including peace, human rights, arms control and other security issues.Īustria had a “duty not to slam the door on diplomacy,” Wolfgang Sobotka, the speaker of the Austrian parliament said. The Vienna-based OSCE, whose 57 members include both Ukraine and Russia, was created during the Cold War as a platform for dialogue between East and West. Ukraine said its delegates wouldn't attend if the Russians were present, as did Lithuania. Austria's government said that as host nation it was obliged to grant visas to representatives from all OSCE member nations.