KIEV, May 10 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek at a meeting in Strasbourg discussed the liberalization of the visa regime and the talks on signing an association agreement and creating a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU.

Buzek said he was pleased with the intensification of cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union, in particular, in the liberalization of the visa regime, as well as talks on signing an association agreement and the creation of a free trade area, according to a statement posted on the Web site of the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday.