Vladimir Litvin

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Litvin during meeting with Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation in Kiev, on Monday, November 29, 2010. Sergey Mironov stays with an official visit in Ukraine. In the beginning of the meeting, Vladimir Litvin stated that the official visit of the Chairman of the Federation Council and the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation would boost bilateral cooperation. "We have overcome the gap in the inter-state relations and their inter-parliamentary dimension," the Head of the Ukrainian Parliament stated. "Stagnation of Ukrainian-Russian relations like in 2006-2009 should be prevented, while the actions shall be taken." Sergey Mironov stressed that relations between the countries became systemic. The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation announced that the joint article by the Heads of the Parliaments, entitled "Russia and Ukraine: from the View of a Historical Optimism", published in the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the eve of the official visit of Sergey Mironov to Ukraine got a positive response."I am glad that the inter-parliamentary cooperation is fruitful and positive, especially in the framework of such inter-parliamentary organizations as the parliamentary assemblies of the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the BSEC," he declared. Photo by Anastasiya Sirotkina / POOL / UNIAN