Lazarenko to visit U.S.


NEW YORK - Pavlo Lazarenko, Ukraine's former prime minister, is scheduled to visit the United States on October 19-26. During his visit Mr. Lazarenko will meet with U.S. business leaders, financial institutions, government officials, political entities, think-tanks and representatives of the Jewish community.

His itinerary includes three meetings with the Ukrainian American community: October 20, 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Home, 140-142 Second Ave., New York; October 23, 7 p.m. at the Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 4250 Harewood Road, Washington; and October 25, 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Philadelphia.

Mr. Lazarenko is currently a national deputy to Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada and the leader of the parliamentary faction Yednist. He is the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, and founder and head of the new political party Hromada.


Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 19, 1997, No. 42, Vol. LXV


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