BUCHAREST, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Moldova's parliament will not send an official delegation for the forthcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) due in Russia next week, announced Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu on Thursday.
According to him, the parliament made the decision as no official answer yet from the Moscow authorities on a diplomatic note.
The note, presented in a meeting of Candu and Moldova's Prime Minister Pavel Filip with the Russian ambassador to Moldova two weeks ago, describes the way Moldovan officials are abusively stopped at the entrance into Russia, interrogated, treated humiliatingly by representatives of the Russian special services.
The Russian ambassador was informed that, till the settlement of this problem, the Moldovan officials would be asked to abstain from trips to Russia, according to news reaching here earlier from Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.
The comment of the Russian side is not available now.
The CIS Parliamentary Assembly will take place in Saint Petersburg on March 26-28.
The speaker noted that the deputies who intend to take part in this event in Russia could do it at their own expense; however, this would not have an official character.
Yet, Moldovan President Igor Dodon stressed that Moldova will participate in the Assembly, "regardless of the decisions of the parliament and the government."
Chairman of the Socialist Party Zinaida Greceanii stated in a briefing that the decision is incorrect and the Socialist deputies will go to the event, as the CIS is a very important community and Moldova has always taken part in such events.
