Leonid Slutsky
In the state Duma welcomes the attitude of the British Parliament to restore dialogue with Russia, reflected in the report of the international Committee of the house of Commons. This was announced by the Chairman of the state Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky. His words on Thursday, March 2, leads TASS.
“Obviously, Brexit has moved the ice in the minds of British politicians seriously. We only welcome such a position of our counterparts in the House of Commons and is ready to develop the most forced dialogue,” he said.
This Slutsky expressed hope for building a new positive and constructive relations with London parliaments.
Earlier Thursday, the international Committee of the house of Commons published a report on the state of relations between the two countries, which called for cooperation with Moscow. According to the British Parliament, the government’s refusal of cooperation with Russia can not be called a viable option of foreign policy, as Russia is a state with nuclear weapons and a member of the UN security Council.
The report presented in the British Parliament, was prepared in the course of the year, said the newspaper “Izvestia”. The authors of the document carefully approached the issue, having been on official visits to Russia, Ukraine, listening to the opinions of many politicians, experts and employees of public organizations and journalists.
23 June 2016 in the UK held a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom from the EU. For Brexit voted more than half of Britons who took part in the plebiscite.