Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is continuing to work actively in Crimea, Presidential Administration Head Serhiy Liovochkin told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.
He noted that this week the head of state was scheduled to have a working meeting with Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko and hold a council on national investment projects.
Liovochkin said that this week President Yanukovych would meet with Chairman of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee Serhiy Bubka to discuss plans for Ukraine’s submitting a bid to stage the 2020 Winter Olympics in the Carpathians.
He said that the president would also receive a member of the International Olympic Committee – President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack.
On August 3, the president will hold a meeting on the strategic development of Crimea, and meet with representatives of the Crimean Tatars and the media.
Liovochkin said that on August 5, President Yanukovych, as the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, would inspect the Sevastopol detachment of the marine guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine, while on August 11 he would visit the Nitka military training ground in Crimea.
The head of state is also scheduled to make a number of regional visits. In particular, he is expected to visit Chernivtsi region on August 7 and Kherson region on August 14.
