The Speaker of the House of Representatives Ms Anita Demetriou participated today in an online meeting of Women Speakers of Parliaments of Member States of the European Union, in response to an invitation from the Speaker of the Polish Parliament Ms Elżbieta Witek.
The online meeting follows the previous meeting of Women Parliamentary Speakers in Warsaw and their visit to the Polish-Ukrainian border last April.
During today's meeting, there was an exchange of information on the measures being promoted by each of the participating countries to provide support to Ukrainian refugees at various levels and an exchange of views on the best ways to promote jointly decided initiatives and actions. It was particularly underlined that Parliaments should be directly and actively involved in the collective efforts undertaken to provide substantial assistance and support to the suffering people of Ukraine, in particular as regards psychological support for refugees, promoting their better integration into the societies of the host countries and continuing the education of refugee children from Ukraine.
It was decided that the communication of the Women Presidents on this issue will continue.
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