During the meeting, A.Pravednyk handed over the written congratulation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine R.Stefanchuk to M.Wetang’ula, on the occasion of his election to the post of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.
During the meeting the parties discussed future areas of bilateral and inter-parliamentary cooperation.
M. Vetang’ula expressed his readiness to renew the invitation to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine R.O. Stefanchuk to visit Kenya in 2023.
A. Pravednyk informed M. Vetang’ula about the current situation in Ukraine in the context of russia's ongoing war against our country and russia's latest terrorist actions aimed at destroying critical energy infrastructure.
Special emphasis was made on the initiative of the President of Ukraine V. O. Zelenskyi "Grain from Ukraine".
M. Wetang’ula thanked Ukraine for donation 25,000 tons of wheat to Kenya, noting the importance of this assistance for his country, which is experiencing food insecurity, in particular, as a result of the ongoing aggression of russia in Ukraine and a long drought in some Kenyan regions.
A.Pravednyk raised the issue of the possibility to adopt the resolution on the recognition the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people by the Kenyan Parliament.