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Chairmen of Parliaments of Ukraine, Pand and Baltic States to hd joint meeting on June 10-11
Marshal of the Sejm of Pand Shimon Hownia said this at a joint press conference with the Speaker of the Sejm of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen in Warsaw on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"On June 10-11, we will meet at my invitation, I don't know yet whether it will be in Warsaw, but definitely in Pand, in the format of speakers of the parliaments of the Baltic States, Pand and Ukraine," said the Marshal of the lower house of the Pish parliament.
He also said that a conference of EU parliamentary speakers would be held in Mallorca in two weeks. In this context, he emphasized that he and his Lithuanian counterpart had discussed that the common voice of this region of Eure, i.e. the voice of the Baltic States, Pand, the Czech Republic and the Scandinavian countries, should be heard "very strongly and decisively at the EU forum."
In addition, he said that a meeting of NATO parliamentary chairmen is to take place in Washington in early July.
"This will also be the moment when we will do our best to convince everyone who can be convinced that now is the time to act, not talk, on the issue of security in this part of Eure," Hownia emphasized.
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The Marshal of the Pish Sejm noted that he had discussed the situation in Ukraine with the Speaker of the Lithuanian Sejm, as well as US assistance to Ukraine and this part of Eure.
As reported by Ukrinform, on February 29, the first meeting between the speakers of the parliaments of Ukraine and Hungary in 14 years took place. During a conversation with the acting Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Csaba Hende, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk emphasized that the parliaments of the two countries should play a leading re in the Ukrainian-Hungarian dialogue.
Source: ukrinform.net