The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, claims that about 37 MPs have visited the United States at their own expense. This is how the Speaker of the Parliament answered a question about yesterday's statement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about "permanent" business trips of MPs, UNN reports, citing Radio Liberty.
Ukraine is facing a very important task - to reset our relations with our strategic partner, the United States. And we are doing this systematically at all levels, including at the level of restoring relations with the US Congress. That is why a large delegation - I think 37 people - half of which is the opposition and half of which is the mono-majority, to work systematically with senators to establish relations
Stefanchuk assured that all the deputies were there "not at the expense of the state, they went at their own expense.
Addendum
On February 6, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized MPs who are on international business trips.
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