On November 10-12 a Congress of Researchers of International Relations “Global and Regional Challenges in a Changing World” is held at St. Petersburg State University. Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Alexei Dolzhnikov spoke at the opening and spoke about the activities of the Assembly and its role in the Commonwealth during the period of global changes in international relations.
Mr. Dolzhnikov noted that the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly is focused on rapprochement and improvement of legislation of the CIS member states in all spheres of cooperation. Another important direction of the IPA CIS is the observation of elections and referendums. The speaker underlined that with the establishment of the organization “the process of breaking of the monopoly in assessing election processes in the CIS countries” on the part of OSCE ODIHR started.
The platform of the Interparliamentary Assembly is in demand for various kinds of meetings, which is used by the heads of the CIS parliaments. According to the deputy head of the Secretariat the Assembly aims to develop relations with foreign partners, as the interest in activating joint work from both sides is increasing. Dolzhnikov emphasizes that the role of the IPA CIS “is as great as never before,” especially in the conditions of the global transformation of the world order.
He also reminded that next year Saint Petersburg will become the CIS Capital of Culture. The international forum “St. Petersburg – the Parliamentary Capital of the Commonwealth” is planned.
