On 12 April, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will participate in a parliamentary conference on “The role of parliamentary organisations in building a Europe without dividing lines”, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS). On the same day, he will meet Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament). On 11 April, he will have bilateral meetings with the speakers of various parliaments of the region and will give a speech to the IPA CIS Council, followed by an exchange of views.