Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, believes that adoption of the Law on the Fundamentals of Foreign and Domestic Policy will allow the Parliament to fulfill its supervisory functions in the foreign policy sector.
V.Lytvyn made this statement in the interview to Kyivskyi Telehraf newspaper.
"As to the fulfillment of supervisory functions by The Verkhovna Rada, I am convinced that the law on the fundamentals of the foreign and domestic policy shall be adopted first of all. Then any actions of the authorities could be compared with the provisions of this normative act, he stated. At present, an outdated version of this law justifies any actions."
V.Lytvyn stated that the Parliament "has already started to fulfill its supervisory functions", having listened to the Government´s reports concerning the documents to be signed during the visit of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Head of the Parliament believes that the agreement on demarcation of borders is the key one and "should have been signed at least fifteen years ago." "Even if this agreement only is implemented, the breakthrough in the Ukrainian-Russian agreements will occur", he stated.
Asked about the parliamentary constituent of the Ukrainian-Russian relations, V.Lytvyn stressed that an inter-parliamentary panel Ukraine-Russia involving 20 deputies from both sides has been set up on his initiative. He emphasized that the panel had efficiently worked during 2002-2006, having settled "a range of sensitive matters."