Speaker of Portuguese Parliament arrives on visit to Ukraine
Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament Jose Pedro Aguiar Branco arrived in Kyiv on Monday, where he will meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports Rublico.
The publication writes that the speaker arrived accompanied by MP Eurico Brilhante Dias, the current president of the Portugal-Ukraine parliamentary friendship group.
It is expected that on Monday they will take part in a ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of the tragedy in Bucha.
It is also reported that Aguiar Branco will take part in a summit of parliament speakers in Kyiv, and then meet with head of Ukrainian state Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Before returning to Lisbon, the President of the Assembly of the Republic will take part in a dinner hosted by the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.
It is noted that in his recent speeches on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aguiar Branco criticized the "illusion" of immediate peace at any cost and argued that the solution should be based on international law.