U.S. parliamentarians may visit Russia in fall - Russian State Duma chairman

MOSCOW. June 18 (Interfax) - U.S. parliamentarians may visit Russia in the fall, the issue is being discussed, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said.

"Dialogue is underway through the Russian Foreign Ministry. Our colleagues may come in the fall. There is interest in that. The issue is currently being discussed," Volodin said, responding to journalists' question about a possible return visit by U.S. parliamentarians to Russia.

A delegation of the State Duma visited Washington at the invitation of Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna in late March. The delegation was led by Vyacheslav Nikonov, first deputy head of the State Duma International Affairs Committee. It included International Affairs Committee First Deputy Chairperson Svetlana Zhurova, State Duma Deputy Chairman Boris Chernyshov, State Duma Economic Policy Committee Deputy Chairman Mikhail Delyagin, and State Duma Youth Policy Committee Deputy Chairman Vladimir Isakov.