16 July 2010, 09:43
"It is a great honor for me to have a conversation with you on the day of this great holiday", V. Lytvyn declared and appealed to the Deputies and expressed hope that the present grand sitting would become "the first step for the comprehension of our colleagues contribution in the history of our state."
The Head of the Parliament declared that today, "we can understand that the great work was not an easy one." "You had been creating Ukraine and actually made the final step in this process. Unfortunately, not everything that is defined by the Declaration is implemented now", he declared.
According to V. Lytvyn today we need "unity, unanimity of your times people of different professions, political beliefs were united by the objective necessity of such step."
V. Lytvyn expressed his personal gratitude to the participants of ceremony for "their fortitude, wisdom and personal responsibility."