Czech parliament speakers pay tribute to Ukrainian famine victims in Kyiv

Czech parliament speakers Markéta Pekarová Adamová and Miloš Vystrčil paid tribute to the victims of the Soviet-era Ukrainian famine during their visit to Kyiv on Saturday. The Czech politicians, along with their EU counterparts, lit candles at the memorial for the Great Famine.

Last year, the Czech Parliament officially recognized the Holodomor – a man-made starvation of Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s that killed millions of people – as an act of genocide.

The speakers of both houses of the Czech parliament also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of Ukraine’s parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk.

Speaking to the Ukrainian MPs, Czech lower house speaker Markéta Pekarová Adamová said Czechia will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. According to the Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil, Ukraine deserves further support because it is not only fighting for itself, but also for other European democracies.