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State Duma ready to help Ukraine in constitutional reform — Naryshkin

“If our assistance is needed, we must be ready to help the Ukrainian colleagues to carry out a full constitutional reform," State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin said

MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. The State Duma must be ready for a constitutional dialogue with the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) and provide assistance to carry out a constitutional reform in Ukraine, the Russian lower house’s Speaker Sergey Naryshkin told a meeting of a Duma working group, discussing Ukrainian legislation.

“I must say that despite the aggressive rhetoric from our Ukrainian colleagues, our deputies must be ready for a constitutional dialogue with Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputies,” Naryshkin said.

“If our assistance is needed, we must be ready to help the Ukrainian colleagues to carry out a full constitutional reform, without which, I am sure, it is impossible to achieve peace and accord in Ukraine,” he added.