Ukraine's second president (1994-2005) Leonid Kuchma has asked Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka for permission to go to Israel on June 21-23.
Kuchma intends to visit Israel to take part in the third presidential conference Facing Tomorrow, which is organized by Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the aegis of Israeli President Shimon Peres, Kuchma’s press service has reported.
"In his invitation, Shimon Peres said he will be honored if Ukraine’s second president Leonid Kuchma joins the conference," the press service has reported.
The conference will address the reality faced by mankind, including the broad range of challenges in many key areas of life: politics, economics, ethics, environment, and social affairs, the press service has reported.
The conference will be held in Jerusalem on June 21-23, 2011.
Among the conference participants will be world leaders, leading thinkers, writers, economists, artists, and spiritual leaders, as well as representatives of the younger generation of leaders, talented young people with their original and creative vision of the future.
The conference Facing Tomorrow has been held under the aegis of Israeli President Shimon Peres since 2008. Kuchma has already spoken in the first two conferences held in 2008 and 2009.
Kuchma has given his written undertaking not to leave Ukraine because a criminal case has been opened against him in connection with abuse of office that led to the death of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
The investigator earlier allowed Kuchma a trip to France.
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