Feb 6, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament, Rosen Zhelyazkov, arrived on an official visit to Ukraine on February 6.
The parliamentary delegation includes GERB-UDF MP Daniel Mitov; Ivaylo Mirchev from “We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria” and Stanislav Anastasov from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF).
After more
than 10-hour train journey to Kiev, which dozens of world leaders travelled
during the last 2 years of war, Rosen Zhelyazkov first visited the Verkhovna
Rada.
At the
entrance of the Verkhovna Rada, Rosen Zhelyazkov was greeted by his Ukrainian
counterpart Ruslan Stefanchuk. The two had a one-to-one meeting.
Rosen Zhelyazkov delivered a speech from the rostrum of the Rada.
Zhelyazkov's
speech started with words in Ukrainian. He also quoted the words of one of the
most famous Ukrainian poets, Maxim Kryvtsov, who said "We will get our
life back".
Bulgaria
categorically condemns Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and commits
itself to strategic assistance, the Bulgarian Parliament Speaker further said.
The
Parliament Speaker expressed concern about Russia's unprecedented military
actions in the Black Sea and the planned presidential elections in annexed
Crimea and the occupied territories.
Rosen
Zhelyazkov's speech was interrupted several times by loud applause of the
Ukrainian MPs.
Ukrainian
MPs on both sides of the chamber unfurled the Bulgarian flag.
After the
one-to-one meeting, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk,
thanked the Bulgarian Parliament and the Bulgarian people for the great support
they give to Ukraine. "The decisions to provide military and humanitarian
aid are of great importance to us and will never be forgotten," Stefanchuk
said.
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