'It is important the Memorandum calls Ukraine to be the outpost for defense of the West from the Russian aggression. I am sure that it will take our partnership to a new level of inter-parliamentary and international collaboration,’ noted Andrii Parubii.

A.Parubii handed over to Paul Ryan, the Speaker, a joint letter of invitation signed by the parliaments’ heads of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine to officially visit these countries.

The Chairperson of Ukrainian Parliament appealed to his US colleague to exert his influence upon the notorious lethal weapons issue, and finally pull the trigger of Congressional debates over granting Ukraine a Major Non-NATO Ally status. He also gave praise to the US Senate for adoption of the recent law imposing a far stiffer set of sanctions against Russia.

Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives recapped the meeting with his final declaration:

‘It has been a proud moment for me to meet with the Speaker Andrii Parubii so as to revive our inter-parliamentary ties with the Ukrainian Parliament. This apparently reciprocal document will spur on our close political and economic cooperation as well as the security sector in our inter-parliamentary relations. In the midst of the ongoing Russian aggression any closer links to Ukrainian people and the Cabinet are overwhelmingly important. I do appreciate the Speaker A.Parubii’s outright commitment to the cause of strengthening our strategic partnership’.

The Memorandum body itself consists of an ample opening statement on the long-lasting, for 18 years, cooperation between the US Congress and the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, and six concluding clauses are aimed at boosting the future bilateral state collaboration.

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