ODESA, MAY 28th, 2013, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― The Chairman of the Odesa Regional Council Mykola Pundyk has met the delegation of Kursk regional Duma, Russian Federation, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The press service of Odesa Regional State Administration reported today, 28 May.

On the part of the Odesa Regional Council the meeting also was attended by the deputy chairman of the Odesa Regional Council Oleksiy Goncharenko, the representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Odesa Konstantin Rzhepishevskyi, head of the deputy faction of the Party of Regions in the Odesa Regional Council Viktor Volkov, deputy chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration Petro Hlytsov. The Russian side was represented by the chairman of the Kursk Regional Duma Tatyana Voronina, first deputy chairman of the Kursk Regional Duma Viktor Karamyshev, the chairman of the Standing Committee on Legislation, Issues of the State Structure and Local Government Aleksandr Kichigin, the deputy chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget, Taxes and Economic Development Nikolay Zherebilov.

“The relationships existing between Russia and Ukraine, among different regions of Russia and Odesa region are regular. Incredible number of years we have been one state. Our relationships are intertwined, and we have to live, to work together. In this sense, the relationships between the regions, of course, have enormous value,” the chairman of the Regional Council said.