A regular meeting of the Working Group of the Russia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, focusing on civil society and its role in a modern state took place in St. Petersburg on 30-31 August 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Andrey Klimov, Member of the Council of Federation Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Knut Flekenstein, Head of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Russia.
Members of the Russian Federal Assembly and the European Parliament, deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and representatives of several Russia NGOs took part in the discussion.
The next meeting of the PCC Working Group on foreign policy issues will be held on 8-9 October 2012 in Brussels.
