Margaret Thatcher in Ukraine: 1990

Kyiv, 1990. Video: Ukrainian Parliament, deputies gather in the hall, accompanied by Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Ivashko, Margaret Thatcher enters, greeted with applause, Thatcher's speech, presented with a bouquet, answers questions from Ukrainian deputies.

In her speech, Margaret Thatcher talks about political changes in the Soviet Union, democratic transformations in the country, notes that there are few women in the Ukrainian parliament, and says that the Ukrainian SSR has prospects.

Dmytro Pavlychko asks Margaret Thatcher if there will ever be a Ukrainian embassy in Britain. She replied that only countries with full state status open embassies. They do not have embassies in California or Quebec or the provinces of Australia.

Reference: Margaret Thatcher, the head of the British government, visited Kyiv on June 9, 1990. During Margaret Thatcher's visit, the Soviet Union held British Days. The guest laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, visited Babyn Yar, attended the opera, and became the first high-ranking foreign leader to visit the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.