Annex 2: Note of the visit to Ukraine
In May 2009, we made a visit to Kiev, sponsored by
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This was a return visit following
a visit to Westminster in 2007 of a delegation of Ukrainian MPs
from the Committee for National Security and Defence of the Verkhovna
Rada (Supreme Council), and local non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) partners, to discuss and compare our two systems of strategic
exports control and the parliamentary scrutiny of those two systems.
In particular, we discussed the opportunities for Ukrainian parliamentary
committees to examine further the licensing and policy decisions
of the Ukrainian government. During our visit to Ukraine we met
parliamentarians, ministers, officials and NGOs.
Participating Members:
Roger Berry (Chairman)
Sir John Stanley Mr David S Borrow
Sunday 17 May 2009
Briefing dinner hosted by Judith Gardiner, Deputy
Head of Mission, with Embassy staff.
Monday 18 May 2009
Meetings with:
Mr Valeriy Volodymyrovych Ivashchenko, the First
Deputy Minister of Defence
Mr Oleksandr Gorin, Deputy Foreign Minister
Mr Oleksandr Nykonenko, Director of the Department
of Arms Control and Military Cooperation
Mr. Yuriy Petrochenko, Head of the State Service
for Export Control
Mr Stepan Havrysh, First Deputy Secretary of the
National Security and Defence Council
Mr Hryhoriy Perepelytsia, Director of Foreign Policy
Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine
Mr. Oleksandr Siver, Director of the Scientific and
Technical Centre of Export and Import of Special Technologies,
Hardware, and Materials
Mr. Mykola Sungurovskyi, Director of Military Programs,
Razumkov Centre
Mr. Oleksiy Melnyk, Senior Fellow of Military Programs,
Razumkov Centre
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Meetings with:
Mr Oleksandr Sushko, Director of the Centre for Peace,
Conversion and Foreign Policy
Mr Oleh Bilorus, Chair, Committee for Foreign Affairs,
Supreme Rada
Mr Aleksandr Skybinetskyi, Chair, Sub-Committee,
National Security and Defence, Supreme Rada
Mr Anatoly Kinakh, Member of the Committee for National
Security and Defence
Mr Yuri Samoilenko, Member of the Committee for National
Security and Defence
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