Cross Party Group on Ukraine Tuesday 20th February 2024 18:00 – 20:00 (hybrid) Minutes Present MSPs Colin Beattie MSP Paul O’Kane MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP Russell Findlay MSP Invited Guests Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Bridie Ashrowan, EVOC John Edward, The Scottish Council on Global Affairs Juliette Lichman Iryna Knyzhnyk, Hospitallers Battalion Luke Massey, Ukraine Solidarity Project Councillor Amy McNeese-Mechan, City of Edinburgh Council Olga Niekrasova Diletta Lauro, British Red Cross Nataliya Drozd, Dobrochyn Centre Oleksandr Pidhorniy, Centre for Human Rights Non-MSP Group Members Hannah Beaton-Hawryluk Steven Carr Yevgen Gorash Anastasia Klimash Viktor Radchenko Illia Malanchuk Zhenya Dove Doug Allan Anna Kulish Kseniia Smyrnova Hanna Tekliuk Bohdan Kruk Kateryna Campbell Olena Litvinova-Kutsai Tanya Balanova Oleksandr Chernykh Oleksandra Novatska Anne Yarney John Hawryluk Maryan Pokhylyy Yulianna Shalenyk Olha Maksymiak Oleksandra Wierzbicka Consulate of Ukraine in Edinburgh represented by Andrii Kuslii AUGB Edinburgh represented by Linda Allison AUGB Dundee represented by Maria Jemicz, Valentyna Myhailenko, and Natalia Liamina Scottish Refugee Council represented by Sabir Zazai Center for Civil Liberties represented by Oleksandra Matviichuk, Alona Maksymenko, and Anna Nazaruk Nadiya represented by Derek Edwards, Anna Merchuk, Nadiia Savchenko, Valeriia Dovhan, and Mohammad Khaled Apologies Miles Briggs MSP Clare Adamson MSP Donald Cameron MSP Ben Macpherson MSP Katy Clark MSP Liam McArthur MSP Christine Grahame MSP Dmytro Syrota Michael Ostapko Olena Yuzkova Olga Biryuk Kvitka Perehinets Vasyl Kren Peter David Kormylo Agenda item 1 Convenor • Welcome and Apologies Colin Beattie MSP (CB MSP) welcomes attendees (both in the Committee Room and online) and opens a meeting.