Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Engagement with Ukrainian Ambassador and the Chair of the EU Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was a pleasure to have both yourself, ambassador, and Ms Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the chair of the Ukrainian committee on EU affairs, with us today.

It was a pleasure having the ambassador and the chair of the EU committee here today. ehensive presentations and responses. This committee will continue to work with and be with Ukrainians. We have been to Romania and Moldova. We visited the border towns of Siret and Palanca and in a couple of weeks' time we plan to go to Georgia. No doubt the officials and the clerk will be in touch with the ambassador's office and I know she will point us in the right direction if needed.

We are with Ukraine, not just in words but also in actions. We will continue to vociferously support Ukraine's EU accession request along with that of Moldova and Georgia.

We wish our guests well. A lot of their fellow citizens are in various towns, counties and regions of Ireland and while we are not getting everything right because of the magnitude of the challenge, we are very focused on doing our very best for Ukrainian men, women and children. We wish everyone well.

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