Wrzesnewskyj attends Yushchenko inauguration (02/13/05)

Wrzesnewskyj attends Yushchenko inauguration

OTTAWA - Member of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Liberal-Etobicoke Center), who played a key role in garnering the support of the Canadian government to assist the efforts of the people of Ukraine in their fight for democracy during the recent "Orange Revolution," attended the inauguration of newly elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj was among the group of 40 heads of state invited to the inauguration ceremony and the reception that followed.

"I was deeply honored to have been invited to attend President Yushchenko's swearing in ceremony both in Parliament and Independence Square, the heart of the revolution; and to meet with him personally at the official reception for heads of state and other politicians that followed," stated Mr. Wrzesnewskyj.

Mr. Wrzesnewskyj also met with most of the soon-to-be-named Cabinet ministers, and discussed the general state of Canada-Ukraine relations with newly appointed Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko.

"The goodwill Canada established during this election process in Ukraine has not gone unnoticed by Ukrainian President Yushchenko and incoming Prime Minister Tymoshenko. Personal friendships have been established and the 'special relationship' between our two countries has been solidified. There exists a great desire to work toward a state visit of the Ukrainian president to Canada and a reciprocal state visit of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to Ukraine," said the MP.

During the inauguration ceremony Mr. Wrzesnewskyj spoke with and exchanged ideas on NATO and European Union expansion with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Latvian President Vaira Vîke-Freiberga, Irish Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Conor Lenihan, Greek Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Evripidis Stylianidis, and former Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Boris Nemtsov.

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