Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs
Grigory Karasin
Representative of the executive authority of the Sakhalin Region
Born: August 23, 1949
Took office:12 September 2019
Term ends *: September 2029
The 11th meeting of the Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
Opening remarks were delivered by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji.
Grigory Karasin: The CIS has established itself as an effective platform for promoting friendship, good-neighbourliness, and mutually beneficial cooperation
A roundtable discussion titled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Achievements, Challenges, and Future Prospects”.