Tuesday, May 13, 2008

President meets Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament




President Victor Yushchenko met in Vilnius with the Speaker of the Seimas (the Lithuanian Parliament) Česlovas Juršėnas.



Sides discussed development of Ukrainian-Lithuanian parliamentary cooperation and deepening political dialogue between the countries. Separate attention was paid to question of Lithuania’s support of Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. President Yushchenko also thanked the parliamentarians of the Seimas and Speaker Juršėnas personally for adopting a statement on recognizing Holodomor 1932-1933 in Ukraine the genocide against Ukrainians.