"Cooperation with Belgium on international platforms is important for Ukraine," Dmytro Razumkov

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
23 March 2021, 09:24

Cooperation with the Kingdom of Belgium on many international platforms, including at the interparliamentary level, is important for Ukraine. This was stated by Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov during the meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belgium Eliane Tillieux.
"In recent years, our bilateral cooperation at the level of the Inter-Parliamentary relations group has intensified. Joint meetings were held by videoconference, during which representatives of the Parliaments exchanged relevant information on the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the political and economic dimension," said the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament.
Dmytro Razumkov thanked Brussels for continued support for Kyiv at the level of parliamentary delegations in many international organizations, including the PACE, NATO PA and OSCE PA. In addition, he thanked Belgium for the treatment and rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen wounded in the fighting zone in Donbas, which took place during 2018-2019.
At the same time, in March of this year, at the initiative of Russia, the informal meeting was held at the UN according to the Arria formula, during which another attempt was made to legitimize the annexation of Crimea. Dmytro Razumkov thanked Belgium and 18 other countries for Ukraine's support within the UN.
"Such steps build friendly relations between the states," he said. At the same time, he added that Ukraine plans to create the Crimean Platform, which will uphold the principles, values ??and freedoms in the occupied territories.
"An important element of inter-parliamentary cooperation is also the exchange of visits and the format of personal meetings at the level of Chairpersons of Parliaments and Parliamentary Committees of our countries," said the Chaiperson of the Verkhovna Rada.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the course of reforms, as well as exchanged information on the situation with COVID-19 and the measures taken by the authorities to combat the pandemic and protect the population.
In turn, Eliane Tillieux assured support for Ukraine on international platforms, including the UN, on human rights violations in the occupied Crimea. She assured that Belgium is open to negotiations and further cooperation.