Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO ad interim Yehor Bozhok met with NATO PA Deputy Secretary General Ruxandra Popa.
During the meeting the sides discussed various issues, such as:
- Interaction between the Parliament of Ukraine and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in the context of continued political pressure on Russia, including in the illicit cases against Nadia Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov and other political prisoners;
- Interaction between the Parliament of Ukraine and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in the context of combating the spread of anti-Ukrainian sentiments within parliamentary circles of NATO member-states;
- Preparations for the participation of Ukrainian delegation in the autumn session of the NATO PA in Stavanger (Norway);
- The modalities of the meeting of NATO-Ukraine Inter-Parliamentary Council in November 2015 in Brussels (Belgium);
- conducting in Ukraine one of the main working events of the NATO PA – Rose-Roth Seminar.
During the meeting, special attention was paid to the help that NATO PA is providing in distributing among NATO member-states and partner countries the Ukraine's position on the illegality of the visit of French parliamentarians to the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea without the prior approval from Ukrainian authorities.