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The 137th IPU Assembly that will be held in Russia’s Saint Petersburg from 14-18 October raises high expectations among the world’s leaders as it has hit a record high number of participants, with a wide range of issues to be discussed, writes Olga Malik.

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian parliament's upper chamber, the IPU Vice-President Konstantin Kosachev, said: “152 national delegations out of 173 plan to take part in the assembly, which is a record high.” He also added that “the previous maximum number of speakers who personally participated in the work of IPU Assemblies was 51. As of today, 99 speakers have expressed a desire to participate in the 137th Assembly, including participants from France, Germany and other European countries.”

The Assembly members will also carry a vote for adoption of the signing of the resolution 'Sharing our diversity: The 20th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Democracy', suggested at the 136th IPU in Dhakka.

While the IPU Assembly’s major issues of the discussion will be the ongoing conflict in Syria, the possible paths to dealing with North Korea and the Ukraine crisis, it will also highlight the plight of the Muslim Rohyngia as followed by the request from Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, the IPU speaker representing Kuwait.

The IPU could also become a platform for a dialogue between North Korea and South Korea should their MPs come to St. Petersburg.

According to political analysts, the current dynamics of international issues demonstrates the trends of spreading democracy and its values around the globe regardless national identities which by no means causes more local and regional conflicts. The recent events in Tunisia, Lybia and Syria are the best examples of this trend. In this regard, the international community should see the forthcoming IPU Assembly as a tool for following the fundamental principle of the international law – the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of a country, especially when such an important issue is going to be discussed by the record number of the democratic parliamentary representatives from around the globe.

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