There has been a grand opening of the the 6th Euronest Parliamentary Assembly plenary session at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy delivered a complimentary speech to those in attendance at the ceremony.
During the opening ceremony, there were also heard addresses by Dariusz ROSATI, Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Rebecca HARMS, Co-President of the Euronest PA, Marian LUPU, Co-President of the Euronest PA, Luc DEVIGNE, Director, European External Action Service, Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, representatives of the Euronest Eastern European bloc.
Participants of the meeting were warmly welcomed by the Head of the Permanent Parliamentary Delegation of Ukraine to EURONEST PA-Eastern Partnership Borys Tarasiuk.
Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, the deputy heads of the Crimean representative body the Mejilis, both of whom had been jailed as political prisoners and released later, spoke at the meeting to the European parliamentarians.
The plenary sitting will continue tomorrow at 09:00 am in the Debating Chamber of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.