Nemyria met Riksdag speaker of Sweden

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hryhoriy Nemyria has held a meeting with Speaker of the Riksdag (Parliament) of the Kingdom of Sweden Per Westerbergб according to government portal.

In the course of meeting the parties considered prospects of development of bilateral relations between our countries in both political and economic areas.

The interlocutors dwelt on Eurointegration aspirations of Ukraine. In this connection Hryhoriy Nemyria expressed gratitude to Sweden for the consistent support of this course of our country and emphasized “Sweden is one of the European states which understands Ukraine not only from the point of view of its history but future opportunities also”.

The Vice Premier and Riksdag Speaker also concerned prospects of relations between Ukraine and the EU during its Swedish presidency in the second half of year.

“We have every reason to consider Swedish presidency will be successful in whole and, in particular from the point of view of European perspective of Ukraine,” Hryhoriy Nemyria underlined.

The other issue raised was results of the Summit which dealt with launch of Eastern Partnership Initiative (held on May 7 in Prague).

The efforts made by the governments of Ukraine and Sweden in the direction of mitigation of consequences of the global financial turmoil and recent achievements of Ukraine in cooperation with the IMF, World Bank and EBRD were also discussed.