On January 29 in the city of Lublin, Republic of Poland, at the initiative of the Polish-Ukrainian Civic Committee under the leadership of Greek Catholic priest Stefan BATRUCH, a press conference and discussion on the topic "The Orange Revolution – New Prospects for Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation" were held at the Lublin Catholic University. \n \nRepresentatives of the Polish political party "Law and Justice" were invited to participate in the event – Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Deputy Chairman of the party Adam LIPINSKI, Member of the Sejm Elzbieta KRUK, and representatives of the Ukrainian People's Party – People's Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the regional organization of the UNP Borys ZAHREVA, Deputy of the Volyn Regional Council Mykola PASAMAN, who were the initiators and direct organizers of attracting over a thousand Polish observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine. \n \nThe discussion was attended by the President of the city of Lublin Andrzej PRUSZKOWSKI, professor, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Lublin Catholic University Andrzej SĘKOWSKI, as well as students of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and the Lublin Catholic University who directly participated in the elections as international observers at polling stations and participants of the orange revolution – residents of the tent city on Independence Square in Kyiv. \n \nBorys ZAHERVA called the meeting of representatives of the two neighboring states "a clear confirmation of the deepening of cooperation between Ukraine and Poland at both the regional and all-Ukrainian levels." "And this is a certain guarantee of support from the neighboring state for the European integration course of the Ukrainian state, which the new government has declared and which the Ukrainian people aspire to," commented the People's Deputy. \n \nMykola PASAMAN noted that "beyond the main topic, the issue arose of studying the Ukrainian language in Polish educational institutions, introducing Ukrainian-language programs on radio and television, the resolution of which is possible in the near future." \n\nThe participants of the discussion approved and signed a Resolution, which in particular states: "Ukraine, which is a large and important European state, has every right to participate in the process of integration of the Old Continent. In this regard, we express our firm conviction that a united Europe will be incomplete without the participation of the Ukrainian people and state. At the same time, we declare our desire to act in favor of the development and support of Polish-Ukrainian cooperation and Ukraine's aspiration for membership in European structures," the document says. \n \nAfter the conclusion of the official part, the participants of the discussion and the "orange revolution" were greeted with songs by the Ukrainian band "Haidamaky". \n