22 March 2011, 11:13
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, looks forward to the appeals of the Parliaments of the Republic of Poland and Lithuanian Republic on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Chornobyl Disaster, and expects the European Parliament and national legislatures of other EU member countries to pay attention to this event.
V. Lytvyn made this statement during the 4th Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv on Tuesday.
He stated that the present meeting was being held on the eve of tragic anniversary of Chornobyl disaster. V. Lytvyn is convinced that the international community should use this fact to attract attention to the specific problems and needs of future peaceful and safe use of nuclear energy and other hazardous technologies, and human and environmental protection.
The Head of the Parliament stated that in the result of this tragedy "we have lost a great volume of culture especially it concerns the regions in the zone of strict control." "We managed to preserve a lot and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall presently adopt the decision to set up a museum to preserve the memorials from the zone marked by Chornobyl", he stated.
V. Lytvyn renewed invitations for the Poland and Lithuanian leaders to take part in the high-level meeting "Kyiv Summit on Safe and Innovational Use of Nuclear Energy" and "Conference for Financial Support of the Chornobyl Projects" scheduled for April 2011 in Kyiv.
"I expect the parliaments of Poland and Lithuania to adopt relevant appeals on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Chornobyl tragedy. We expect the European Parliament and national legislatures of other EU member countries to pay attention to this event," he declares.