On February 2, 2011 the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Volodymyr Shkurov, had a meeting with the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, Mr. Phillipos Petsalnikos.

Ukraine’s Ambassador briefed the Speaker on the current internal political and economic situation in Ukraine and familiarized with the basic foreign-policy priorities of the country. Ukrainian diplomat emphasized on stabilization of political situation in Ukraine and implementation by Ukraine’s state authority of systemic reforms in the framework of consistent policy of modernization of the country.

In the course of the talk the Ukraine’s Ambassador and the Hellenic Parliament’s Speaker discussed the entire complex of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the development of further dialogue between Ukraine and Greece. A common desire to further intensify bilateral cooperation, political dialogue, inter-Parliamentary collaboration and economic cooperation was confirmed.

The Ambassador of Ukraine renew to the Greek high-ranking official invitation from the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Lytvyn, to pay official visit to Ukraine.