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25 January 2023, 09:48
This was announced by the Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration
into the EU, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. As a member the Ukrainian
parliamentary delegation, she met with the President of the European
Parliament Roberta Metsola, Vice-President Eva Kopach and representatives
of various political forces in the EP: European People's Party, RENEW, EGP
(European Green Party), the Social Democrats and the European
Conservatives. The Ukrainian MPs thanked President Metsola for her
important role and leadership in supporting Ukraine. The key topic of all
meetings was the need for political support to Ukraine before the
Ukraine-EU summit. Currently, the work on the resolution of the European
Parliament is underway. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze had the opportunity to
provide her suggestions for this document through communication with
various groups in the European Parliament.
During the meeting with representatives of the U4U (‘United for Ukraine’) network, the Chair of the Committee raised the issue of rebuilding and protecting critical infrastructure, in particular energy facilities of Ukraine, which were ruined or badly damaged by Russian attacks.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze also reported that she discussed support for Ukrainian children with the Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kopach: ‘Our children are a very painful topic, of which Eva Kopach is sincerely concerned. We discussed the need to establish exchange of information with all EU member states regarding the stay of our children in these countries, as well as children's institutions that were evacuated to the EU.’ According to the Chair of the Committee, this is necessary to be able to help the children and provide support they may need. ‘Regarding the children deported by the Russians, unfortunately, there are very few tools that can be used to track their stay in the Russian Federation and help them return to Ukraine if their parents were killed by the same people who forcefully deported the orphans abroad. But this issue must be raised. On the part of MEPs, we have a systematic effort to work through all possible instruments, including non-state platforms, to identify and return children, who were taken to a terrorist country,’ Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said.
The European Parliament prepares a resolution to support Ukraine on the eve of the Ukraine-EU summit
During the meeting with representatives of the U4U (‘United for Ukraine’) network, the Chair of the Committee raised the issue of rebuilding and protecting critical infrastructure, in particular energy facilities of Ukraine, which were ruined or badly damaged by Russian attacks.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze also reported that she discussed support for Ukrainian children with the Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kopach: ‘Our children are a very painful topic, of which Eva Kopach is sincerely concerned. We discussed the need to establish exchange of information with all EU member states regarding the stay of our children in these countries, as well as children's institutions that were evacuated to the EU.’ According to the Chair of the Committee, this is necessary to be able to help the children and provide support they may need. ‘Regarding the children deported by the Russians, unfortunately, there are very few tools that can be used to track their stay in the Russian Federation and help them return to Ukraine if their parents were killed by the same people who forcefully deported the orphans abroad. But this issue must be raised. On the part of MEPs, we have a systematic effort to work through all possible instruments, including non-state platforms, to identify and return children, who were taken to a terrorist country,’ Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said.