The Russian Ambassador to Ireland is being invited to appear before the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee.
The meeting will deal with the planned naval exercises in the seas off the south west of Ireland.
Committee Chair Charlie Flanagan, a former foreign affairs minister hopes that the ambassador would accept the invitation.
Mr Flanagan also mentioned that the ambassador’s meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces Lieutenant General Sean Clancy was another matter to be discussed.
Representatives of the Irish Fishing industry met with the Russian ambassador amid an ongoing row over the plans for military exercises off the southwest of Ireland.
Speaking after the talks, fishing representatives said that they had been given a guarantee by Russia’s ambassador that their fishing grounds will not be affected by the navy exercises.
This is now disputed by the Embassy with spokesperson Nikita Isakin issuing a statement saying “There was no discussion of guarantees of any kind,”.
The military exercises are due to begin on February 3rd and the Department of Transport has issued an advisory that it includes the firing of rockets.
