15 April 2015, 13:28
On April 15, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Oksana Syroid and Deputy Marshal of Sejm of the Republic of Poland Elzbieta Radziszewska had a working meeting to discuss cooperation in the frames of joint Interparliamentary Assembly of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland.
In compliance with the statute of the Interparliamentary Assembly, Ukraine’s delegation was headed by Syroid, and starting January 2015 the head of the Polish delegation is Deputy Marshal of Sejm of the Republic of Poland and Member of Parliament from ruling Civic Platform party Elzbieta Radziszewska.
The parties agreed to hold next regular 8th meeting of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Ukraine and Poland in June 2015. The parliamentarians plan to continue working in three workgroups established in the frames of the Assembly: for European integration, for transfrontier cooperation and for reformation of local self-government.
Syroid noted that the three mentioned trends of cooperation are extremely important for the Ukrainian Parliament, especially today. In particular, she said that taking in account European integration efforts of Poland and its great experience in bringing its legislation in line with EU standards, the cooperation of the two Parliaments in the field of European integration is very important and that Ukrainian parliamentarians are ready to receive successful experience of their Polish colleagues in harmonization of national legislation with the EU law.
According to Syroid, Ukraine is also interested in reformation of local governing as our country has started its way towards the decentralization of power, so successful experience of Poland in this field will be of use for us.
Radziszewska confirmed Poland’s striving to share experience in European integration in order to let Ukraine avoid mistakes, use successful experience in European integration of Poland. She also noted that the European integration of Ukraine will facilitate the growth in mutual investments and trade, and that the Interparliamentary Assembly of Ukraine and Poland can facilitate the development of bilateral economic ties.
The parties agreed that the trend of transfrontier cooperation is important for enhancement of cultural and economic cooperation between Ukraine and Poland, and also for good neighborly relations.
The co-heads of the Assembly agreed that the parties will prepare the list of practical steps on each of the trends of cooperation for the next meeting.