PACE adopted a resolution on the situation in the Kerch Strait KIEV/MOSCOW, 24 Jan — RIA Novosti. The parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Thursday adopted a resolution on the situation in the Kerch Strait. 9фотографий9фотографий9фотографий In the vote was attended by 122 members, of which 103 voted in favor, three against, and 16 abstained. The Russian delegation in the session does not participate. The PACE resolution are Advisory and non-binding. The Ukrainian delegation tried to introduce an amendment according to which the detained sailors would be considered “prisoners of war”. However, in the final resolution of this word is not included. “The Assembly urges the Russian Federation to immediately release Ukrainian military and provide them with medical care and the necessary legal and consular assistance, in accordance with the applicable provisions of international humanitarian law, particularly the Geneva conventions,” — said in the text. The PACE
