Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has met Heinz Fischer, the Federal President of the Republic of Austria
Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has met Heinz Fischer, the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, who is staying with official visit in Ukraine.
The Leader of the Ukrainian Parliament at the beginning of the meeting has emphasized that when speaking about bilateral relations between Ukraine and Austria, "there are all grounds to declare that we possess one hundred percent support and understanding". He marked the especially amicable attitude of Ukrainian Parliament towards Austria, "despite the fact of extreme polarization of Parliament before the president´s elections". He expressed for the necessity of constant dialogue between all the participants of political process in Ukraine and stressed that "the heart of this dialogue should be in Parliament".
Heinz Fischer, the Federal President of the Republic of Austria emphasized in his turn that relations between Ukraine and Austria possess the right vector of development and are based on the string basis, "despite there is election campaign or no". "These relations are intensively developing in favor of two countries and I wanted to demonstrate it by me visit", - he declared.
Mr. H. Fischer reminded that he has remarkable experience of parliamentary work, as he has been working for many years in the Parliament, was Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Parliament. The parties expressed for the activation and strengthening of parliamentary cooperation.
The Participants of the meeting have discussed the economic situation in both countries and expressed their view on the ways of crisis overcoming.