The German government and parliament are...

Karl-Georg Wellmann, a member of Bundestag"s international affairs committee from the ruling CDU/CSU faction, who heads the Russia group, held a series of meetings in Moscow on Monday to discuss Russia"s recent European security initiative.

"This was very substantial, very interesting and the position of the German government and German parliament is: let"s seriously discuss these proposals," said Wellmann, who met with the Russian lower house"s international affairs committee chairman Konstantin Kosachyov and other politicians and diplomats.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed drawing up a new pan-European security pact in June 2008, and Russia published a draft of the treaty on November 29, sending copies to heads of state and international organizations, including NATO.

MOSCOW, December 21 (RIA Novosti)