At the invitation of the President of the Congress, the Congress Bureau held its meeting on 23 September 2022, in Lelystad, Flevoland, the Netherlands.

The president of Union of Communities of Armenia, the head of Armenian Delegation to Congress Emin Yeritsyan attended the meeting․

On this occasion, the Bureau had an exchange with Dutch local authorities.

The Bureau continued its discussion on the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine, endorsed the President's statements of 31 August and 5 September 2022 and issued a statement on this matter reaffirming its commitment to independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and describing these so-called referendums as a "a denial of rule of law, human rights and democracy” and called upon the Congress members to make full use of the cities4cities platform.

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