Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission, authorized representatives of the public authority bodies of Ukraine and the Russian Federation,
members of the diplomatic corps,
and the secretariats
of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the State Duma and the Federation Council
of the Russian
Federation participate in the sitting.
Adam Martyniuk, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Alexander Babakov, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation, co-chair the Commission on Liaison between The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
According to the ratified agenda, the participants of the meeting tackle the following issues: the state and prospects of implementation of the joint Ukrainian-Russian projects in the sphere of high technologies (nuclear power, aviation, space-rocket forces, shipbuilding, transport corridors); Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in the public health and education; cooperation between the delegations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the framework of the international parliamentary organization.
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Sergei Mironov, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, greeted the attendants of the sitting.
V.Lytvyn attaches great importance to the meeting, since "it overcomes a negative and alarming tendency that might have been observed during a three-year delay in the work of the Commission." "It was a formal period in the relations between Russia and Ukraine that should never be repeated," he stated.
V. Lytvyn stressed, "An active and efficient work of the Commission is being renewed."
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine underscored, "Thus we respond to the public needs and expectations that demand pragmatic actions instead of declarations. Moreover, it reflects the natural rule, and the demands of time concerning internationalization of life."
According to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, "we need fruitful cooperation, since it would greatly depend on the legislative bodies: political agreements should lay a basis for the future laws."
S. Mironov, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, stated, "New tendencies in the Ukrainian-Russian relations are perceptible; a conscious need of their extension and consolidation is felt." He believes that inter-parliamentary cooperation greatly contributes to the development of bilateral relations: "Ukrainian-Russian inter-parliamentary relations have never been suspended, even in ‘the coolest´ stages of inter-state relations."
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Mironov reminded that the previous sitting of the Commission had been dedicated to the inter-regional and cross-border relations, which "fostered this collaboration." He also suggested that the leaders
of border regions met in one of the Russian regions in May-June 2011, the executive
authorities of the respective regions and the deputies delegated from them
being also present.
The participants of the sitting declared that implementation of the joint Ukrainian-Russian projects in the sphere of high technologies was of priority in the bilateral relations, and guaranteed a sustainable economic development, modernization and welfare of Ukraine and Russia. The relations in this sphere are guided by the domestic law, international legal base, and bilateral agreements on cooperation in the nuclear power engineering, aviation industry, space-rocket production, shipbuilding and transport corridors.
Having mentioned the progress of collaboration in the high technologies sector, the speakers called for strengthening and enhancing cooperation in this sphere, streamlining the order of solution of legal, financial and administrative issues, strengthening governmental support of the projects on the nuclear power engineering, aviation industry, space-rocket production, shipbuilding and transport corridors, developing effective legal and institutional tools for extending cooperation in the high technologies sector, and implementing respective bilateral and international projects.
The participants of the sitting attach great importance to the cooperation in the high technologies sector for the bilateral relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, settlement of the socio-economic issues, increase in the business activity and employment.