Groysman to ask Israel to recognize the Holodomor

15.05.2017, 13:40
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Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on air of 112 Ukraine that during his upcoming visit to Israel intends to raise the issue of recognition of Holodomor 1932-1933 genocide against the Ukrainian people.

“Definitely we will discuss it. I discussed this when he came the head of the Israeli Parliament and with the President of Israel we talked about this. This is an important question we must find common ground, it is very important for Ukraine. It is important that our values have been recognized in the world, the tragedies that occurred could be reflected and supported throughout the civilized world, and we will fight for it to. No there is no other solution,” − said the head of government.

He also said that during a visit to Israel, plans to discuss the approval this year of the free trade zone agreement between the Ministry of health of the two countries on strategic cooperation, learn from the experiences of Israel in relation to technology parks and new technologies in the agricultural sector.

Groysman visits Israel on May 14-16.

Note, the Ukrainian Prime Minister was supposed to visit Israel at the end of last year, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a meeting in connection with antipolonism a UN security Council resolution, which was supported by Kiev.