Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn started his three-day official visit to the Swiss Confederation.
As reported, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will meet President of Switzerland Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey, President of the National Council of Switzerland Jean-René Germanier, President of the Council of States Hansheiri Inderkum, and mayor of Bern Alexander Tschäppät.
V.Lytvyn will meet the leaders of the Ukrainian Society in Switzerland, and businessmen and public figures of Switzerland.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will also visit the factory of the dairy producer Emmi and the Einsiedeln Abbey.
The parliamentary delegation includes Valerii Konovaliuk, Head of the Deputy Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Inter-Parliamentary Liaison with the Swiss Confederation, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Public Health; Oleh Zarubinskyi, Deputy Head of the Deputy Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Inter-Parliamentary Liaison with the Swiss Confederation, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations; Serhii Mishchenko, Deputy Head of the Deputy Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Inter-Parliamentary Liaison with the Swiss Confederation, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Judicial Policy; Kateryna Lukianova, member of the Deputy Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Inter-Parliamentary Liaison with the Swiss Confederation, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Family Matters, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism; Vasyl Shlapak, member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Budget.