President of the Riigikogu is visiting Ukraine

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President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Jüri Ratas is on an official visit to Ukraine. He is accompanied by Chair of Estonia-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Riigikogu Mati Raidma and Member of the Riigikogu Urmas Reinsalu.

The visit will begin with a meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk.

After that, the President of the Riigikogu will give a speech at the digital development and digital services forum Diia Summit, where he will talk about the digitalisation of democratic societies through the example of Estonia.

In the afternoon, the Estonian delegation will lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and commemorate the victims of Holodomor (Great Famine) in Ukraine, in whose memory the monument “Bitter Memory of Childhood” has been erected.

During the visit, the Estonian delegation will meet with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. They will also have a meeting with Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Ukraine Jarno Habicht and visit the incubator of technology start-ups Lift99.

On Wednesday, the Estonian delegation will visit the Administrative Border Line with Crimea to learn about the situation there. They will also go to the port city Kherson, and meet with Head of Kherson Regional Council Oleksandr Samoilenko and Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine Anton Korynevych.

The main topics discussed at the meetings will be the security policy situation, bilateral relations and Estonia’s support to Ukraine, relations with Russia, NATO and the European Union, as well as development cooperation and humanitarian aid.

Source: Parliament of Estonia