Zelenskyy to address Portuguese parliament

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address Portugal’s parliament, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Antonio Costa via videoconference on 21 April.

Only Zelenskyy and parliament speaker Augusto Santos Silva will speak at the session, the spokeswoman for the leaders’ conference, socialist Maria da Luz Rosinha confirmed. The sessions will also have guests, the list of which is being organised by the state protocol.

According to the spokeswoman for the leaders’ conference, the galleries will not be open to the public, nor will there be speeches by the various parliamentary groups and MPs.