Former Prime Minister of Ukraine,
Yulia Tymoshenko

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite intends to visit in Kharkiv former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Batkivschyna Party, ahead of the summit of presidents of the Central Europe to be held in Yalta (Crimea) on May 11 and May 12.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the press service of the President of Lithuania.

"On the way to the summit of Central Europe in Yalta President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite will arrive in Kharkiv to meet with a convicted former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko," reads the statement.

According to the statement, the President of Lithuania discussed the question of meeting with Yulia Tymoshenko during a phone conversation with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

According to the statement, Dalia Grybauskaite said the human rights is the major European value and as far as Ukraine has taken the European path, it has to observe the rights, including the right to adequate medical treatment of all citizens, including Yulia Tymoshenko.

The President of Lithuania wished President Viktor Yanukovych to retain the European perspective for Ukraine as the perspective is important and useful to both Ukraine and the European Union.

In case of Ukraine's isolation the European perspective will be delayed, she said.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite expressed the wish to take part in the summit at a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov in Vilnius in April.