Tymoshenko will discuss freeing pilot Savchenko with EU top officials in Strasbourg – Batkivschyna

16:27, 29.09.2014 1 min read

Batkivschyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko and deputy head of the party, Chairman of Verkhovna Rada European Integration Committee Hryhoriy Nemyria are to make a working visit to Strasbourg.

The visit is meant to unite efforts with high-ranking European officials and politicians to release Ukrainian female pilot Nadia Savchenko, who was arrested in Russia, a press service of the Batkivschyna said.

"Yulia Tymoshenko and Hryhoriy Nemyria will meet with PACE President Anne Brasseur, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland and MEPs of the European People's Party in PACE and other politicians and EU high officials," the report said.

As reported, Batkivschyna conferred Savchenko a first number in its party list during the early parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 26.