EU ambassador personally congratulates Lutsenko on release

14:27, 08.04.2013 1 min read

Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski has met with former Interior Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko, who was released on Sunday.

A report from EU delegation posted in Facebook said that the meeting took place on Sunday.

"Today, EU Ambassador Jan Tombinski met with former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, who was freed from jail yesterday," the report read.

The press service of the European Office in Kyiv told Interfax-Ukraine that Tombinski at the meeting congratulated Lutsenko on his release and said he was glad to personally communicate with the ex-minister now he is free.

As reported, on April 5, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Valeria Lutkovska asked Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to pardon former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko because of his state of health.

On April 7, Yanukovych signed a pardon order, and the ex-minister. Lutsenko was released on the same day.

Pechersky District Court in Kyiv found Lutsenko guilty of committing official crimes and sentenced him to four years in prison. The minister was supposed to be imprisoned until December 2014.