Canadian Senator: Visa Refusal Helped Relations
By Nikolaus von Twickel
The St. Petersburg Times
MOSCOW — Canada’s decision to deny a visa to Senator Mikhail Margelov paradoxically helped to improve political ties between both countries, a senior Canadian lawmaker said Wednesday. Senator Consiglio Di Nino told The St. Petersburg Times that he personally got involved when Margelov failed to receive an ordinary visa for an interparliamentary conference last month. “I met with him in Ottawa and had a wonderful discussion,” Di Nino said. “Frankly, this gave us both an opportunity to make new friends. He said the two created “a relationship which I think will be of benefit to both countries.” The two senators head the international affairs committees in their countries’ respective upper houses of parliament. Di Nino spoke after a meeting of members from both committees in Moscow. His six-member delegation is visiting Russia to improve trade relations. Margelov ended up traveling on a restricted permit rather than a visa to Ottawa in September.
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