STRASBURG – PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has said he has written a letter to jailed Ukrainian Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and assured her that the assembly will explore every avenue to help her.
Mignon told this to Ukrainian journalists after a meeting with the ex-premier’s daughter, Yevhenia Tymoshenko, in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
He said he sent a letter to Tymoshenko written in his hand and her daughter would pass it to the ex-premier.
"I told her that she had many friends, that she was not forgotten, and that they would make every effort to help her in this dramatic situation," the PACE president said.
Mignon said Tymoshenko’s case was a matter of personal concern to him. He said he intended to meet with the new commissioner for human rights and discuss this matter with him.
Speaking about the meeting with Tymoshenko’s daughter, the PACE president said he told her that they all were aware of the situation in which her mother had found herself.
"I have confirmed that the situation caused a very emotional response in the whole world. I gave her the only piece of advice: to contact the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Madame Aung San Suu Kyi, from Burma, and see if she could try to support and protect Tymoshenko," Mignon said.
He also said that raised this issue during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko, during which he expressed his concern over Tymoshenko’s condition. The Ukrainian minister said that he understood my message, the PACE president said.
