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NATO Parliamentary Assembly

JOINT MEETING

UKRAINE-NATO INTERPARLIAMENTARY COUNCIL (UNIC) SUB-COMMITTEE ON NATO PARTNERSHIPS (PCNP) SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT (ESCTD)

DRAFT PROGRAMME AND LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

KYIV

8-9 JUNE 2015

All speakers to be confirmed

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IMPORTANT NOTICE  All meetings, speakers and venues are still to be confirmed  All participants are required to carry their passports with them at all times

SUNDAY 7 JUNE KYIV

Arrival of participants in Kyiv (individual transfer to the hotel)

Accommodation: RADISSON SAS HOTEL 22 Yaroslaviv Val Kyiv, Tel: +38 (0) 44 4922200 Fax: +38 (0) 44 4922210

Evening Free

MONDAY 8 JUNE KYIV

8:30 Meet in hotel lobby, registration of participants and departure by bus to the (Ukrainian Parliament)

Venue Conference Room, Verkhovna Rada, Hroushevskoho Street 5

Meeting of the Ukraine–NATO Interparliamentary Council

09:10 Welcoming remarks by Volodymyr Groysman, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada

09:20 Introductory remarks by , First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and Co-chairman of the Ukraine-NATO Inter-parliamentary Council (UNIC), and by (member tbc), Acting Co-Chair of UNIC, NATO PA

09:40 Session I: Assessment of the Security Situation in Ukraine and Challenges to Ukraine’s Security

Stepan Poltorak, Minister of Defence, on the Situation in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine and Implementation of the Minsk Agreements

10:00 Discussion

10:40 Coffee break

11:00 Panel discussion with:

Oleksandr Turchynov, Secretary of the National Security Council and Defence Council of Ukraine, on Threats to Ukraine’s Security

Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, on Update on the Conflict and Implementation of Ceasefire Agreements

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Dmitry Tymchuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Founder of the Information Resistance Centre, on Countering Russian Propaganda

Mustafa Dzhemilev, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Commissioner of the Ukrainian President for the Affairs of Crimean Tatars, on The Perilous Situation Confronted by Crimean Tartars

11:40 Discussion

12:45 Departure to Hotel “Kyiv” (approximately a 5-10 minutes’ walk)

13:00 Welcome reception hosted by the Verkhovna Rada

14:00 Departure to the Verkhovna Rada

Venue Conference Room, Verkhovna Rada, Hroushevskoho Street 5

14:15 Session II: Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration and NATO’s assistance

Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Ukraine’s Priorities in Relation with NATO and the EU [alternative: Valeriy CHALY, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration]

14:30 Discussion

15:00 Panel discussion on Annual National Programme on Ukraine-NATO Co-operation as a Tool for Reform in the Ukrainian Security Sector with:

Representative (tbc), Ministry of Defence, on Reform of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Implementation of the Wales Assistance Package

Representative (tbc), Ministry of Internal Affairs

Representative (tbc) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)

Marcin KOZIEL, Head, NATO Liaison Office, on NATO’s assistance to Ukraine after the Wales Summit

Natalia NEMYLIWSKA, Head, NATO Information and Documentation Centre, on Ukrainian Public Views of NATO and the Challenge of Information

16:00 Discussion

17:00 Coffee break

17:15 Session III: Challenges and priorities for Ukraine and the role of the international community

Discussion with representatives of political factions

+/- 18:30 End of programme; return to hotel

Evening Free for embassies

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TUESDAY 9 JUNE KYIV

Meeting of the ESCTD The following programme of the ESCTD visit is also open to members of UNIC and PCNP.

8:15 Meet in hotel lobby and departure by bus to the Lithuanian Embassy (tbc)

9:00 -11:00 Roundtable with some NATO Ambassadors, Marcin KOZIEL, Head, NATO Liaison Office, and Natalia NEMYLIWSKA, Head, NATO Information and Documentation Centre

11:00 Departure by bus to the Verkhovna Rada

Venue Conference Room, Verkhovna Rada, Hroushevskoho Street 5

11:45-13:15 Meeting with Civil Society Groups and Experts organised by the NATO Information and Documentation Centre:

The State of Ukraine’s Democracy, the Fight against Corruption, and the Country’s Euro-Atlantic Ambitions Alyona HETMANCHUK, Director, Institute of World Policy Ivav ZAYETS, President of the Organizing Committee « For Ukraine in NATO”

Democratization Viktor ZAMIATIN, expert, Razumkov Centre

Anti-corruption Daria KALENIUK, Director, Anti-Corruption Action Centre (or Vitaliy SHABUNIN, external advisor)

Information Warfare Tetiana MATYCHAK, editor-in-chief, StopFake

13:15-14:30 Lunch (tbc)

14:45 Meeting with Aivaras ABROMAVICIUS, Minister of Economy on The Economic Situation in Ukraine

15:05 Discussion

15:45 , Minister of Finance, on The Financial Situation in Ukraine and International Support for the Country

16:45 Panel Discussion on International Support for Ukraine with:

Jerome VACHER, IMF resident representative in Kyiv

Ambassador Jan TOMBINSKI, Head of the EU delegation to Ukraine

17:30 Discussion

+/- 18:15 End of programme – return to hotel

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

OFFICER OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON NATO PARTNERSHIPS (PCNP)

Chairman Karl A. LAMERS (Germany)

OFFICERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSITION AND DEVELOPPEMENT (ESCTD)

Chairman Francis HILLMEYER (France) Vice-chairman Jean-Luc REITZER (France)

MEMBERS OF THE UKRAINE-NATO INTERPARLIAMENTARY COUNCIL (UNIC)

Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (CDS) Vitalino CANAS (Portugal) Witold WASZCZYKOWSKI (Poland) Plamen MANUSHEV (Bulgaria)

Defence and Security Committee (DSC) Boris BLAZEKOVIC (Croatia) Sverre MYRLI (Norway)

Economics and Security Committee (ESC) Ivans KLEMENTJEVS (Latvia)

Political Committee (PC) Raynell ANDREYCHUK (Canada) Jan DZIEDZICZAK (Poland)

Science and Technology Committee (STC) Andrius MAZURONIS (Lithuania)

MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF THE NATO PA

Vice-president Paolo ALLI (Italy) Secretary General David HOBBS

MEMBER DELEGATIONS

France Guy-Michel CHAUVEAU Greece Evangelos BASIAKOS Miltiadis VARVITSIOTIS Italy Lorenzo BATTISTA Emilio FLORIS Norway Hans Olaf SYVERSEN Portugal Joaquim PONTE Spain Diego LOPEZ GARRIDO Alejandro MUNOZ-ALONSO Beatriz RODRIGUEZ-SALMONES United Kingdom Lord HAMILTON

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INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT

Andrius AVIZIUS Director, Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security Paul COOK Director, Economics and Security Committee

INTERPRETERS

Ukrainian-English Valeriy SHULHA Oleksandr STETSENKO

Ukrainian-French Serhiy SAYENKO Vasyl KRUKIVSKYI

English-Italian Anna Alessandra ARLORIO Iryna BORUSOVSKA

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