On Monday, July 18, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andrii Parubii met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine Eliav Belotserkovsky.

The Parties discussed the intensification of the bilateral interparliamentary cooperation and details of the forthcoming visits of President of Israel Reuben Rivlin and Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Yuli-Yoel Edelstein.

Andrii Parubii noted high level of mutual understanding and trust between Ukraine and Israel, active cooperation at the level of parliamentary groups of friendship.

He emphasized that "diplomatic assistance of Israel, as well as the one of most of other countries, will be very important for Ukraine in conditions of the Russian aggression."

In turn, Mr. Belotserkovsky noted that the visit of President of Israel Reuben Rivlin is scheduled for late September 2016. The President will arrive in Ukraine to mark the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy. The President plans to take floor at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Besides, the Ambassador informed about an expected visit of Speaker of the Knesset Yuli-Yoel Edelstein within the framework of the bilateral cooperation agenda.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada informed Mr. Eliav Belotserkovsky about the necessity for agreeing the visit date with the schedule of the session work of the Ukrainian Parliament and confirmed the invitation for Mr. Edelstein.

Andrii Parubii noted that the signature of the Memo on cooperation between the Verkhovna Rada and the Knesset would facilitate deepening of the cooperation between the two countries. Besides, he said it is important for Ukraine to ratify the Agreement with the State of Israel on social assistance and the Agreement on temporary employment of Ukrainian workers in some sectors of the Israeli economy. "We will consider the documents at the Parliament, support and ratify the Agreement," he said.

Reference information: with its letter No. 650/12-612/1-583 dated February 24, 2016, the Foreign Affairs Ministry
of Ukraine submitted for consideration of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the English version of the Draft Memo on cooperation between the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Knesset of the State of Israel received from the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine and considered by the Israeli side.
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