PARIS, March 16. /TASS/. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) requested the Committee of Ministers to exclude Russia from the organization.

A relevant document was adopted during an emergency session on Tuesday.

Just like other PACE resolution, the document is advisory and not binding for the Committee of Ministers.

The assembly also called upon the PACE Bureau to suspend relations with the Belarusian government in all spheres.

Russia’s foreign ministry on March 10 released a statement saying that Russia is not going to take part in the Council of Europe. Unfriendly EU and NATO states are abusing their absolute majority in the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to continue "their policy toward ruining the Council of Europe and the common humanitarian and legal space in Europe," the ministry stressed.