Duma appeals to world parliaments to hold consultations on Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW. May 13 (Interfax) - The Russian State Duma has adopted an appeal to the parliaments of the world and international parliamentary organizations calling on them to hold consultations to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine.
The Duma members passed the appeal headlined 'To the parliaments of the world and international parliamentary organizations in light of the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine' in a 443-0 vote with one abstention on Tuesday. The idea of this appeal belongs to Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin and the leaders of the four parliamentary factions.
"The deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly are calling on the parliamentarians of the world to do all they can to stop mass violence and an impending humanitarian disaster in Ukraine," it said.
The State Duma said it is outraged by what is sees as the current Kyiv authorities' steps escalating civil war and brutal killings of peaceful civilians by radical nationalists.
"It is necessary to bring up the issue of immediately holding the officials responsible for the deaths of peaceful Ukrainian civilians liable. At the same time, members of such nationalistic organizations as Right Sector, Svoboda, and some others, occupying government positions in Ukraine must be deprived of their offices, and these organizations must be dissolved," it said.
The State Duma also called for immediately holding inter-parliamentary consultations to develop approaches to help de-escalate tensions and ensure the security of Ukrainian citizens.