MINELRES: Fwd: RFE/RL: Russia Deputies Set Up Group in Estonian Parliament
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RUSSIAN DEPUTIES SET UP GROUP IN ESTONIAN PARLIAMENT. Six
Russian-speaking members of the parliament announced on 3 June the
formation of a parliamentary group to deal with issues of national
minorities, BNS reported. The group elected former Ethnic Affairs
Minister Eldar Efendiyev of the Center Party as its chairman, with
Sergei Ivanov of the Reform Party as his deputy. Ivanov told BNS: "We
are in favor of developing in Estonia an integrated, multicultural
society with conditions for the preservation of the culture and
language of national minorities. This is particularly topical in view
of accession to the European Union." He said the group is open to all
interested deputies who consider themselves members of a national
minority. SG
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 104, Part II, 4 June 2003
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