8 February 2011
Mrs Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Seimas,
met with Mr Adam Martyniuk,
First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
in Kiev on 7 February 2011 on her way to Azerbaijan,
where she will pay an official visit.
The meeting
focused on current political developments in Ukraine
and Lithuania, joint
bilateral parliamentary initiatives planned, and preserving the memory of Taras Shevchenko in Vilnius,
the issue raised during the Speakers visit to Kiev last year.
The Speaker of the Seimas noted that Lithuania is looking forward to favourable
decisions taken by Ukraine
in promoting business relations and speeding up customs procedures in Ukraine. We expect Ukraine
to take favourable decisions vis-à-vis Lithuania. On its part, Lithuania has undertaken to preserve the memory
of Taras Shevchenko, a poet of great significance for
both nations, in Vilnius.
I have discussed this with Raimundas Alekna, Mayor of Vilnius, and I hope that the upcoming
local elections will not prevent us from fulfilling our commitment, Mrs Degutienė said.
Mrs Degutienė and the delegation under her leadership left Kiev for Azerbaijan
where she is scheduled to meet with Mr Ilham
Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, Mr Ogtay Asadov,
Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament, and Mr Artur
Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.
Secretariat of the Speaker of the Seimas
Juozas Ruzgys, Adviser to the Speaker of the Seimas, tel. +370 239 6023; +370 698 42073
