The Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has refused the request by Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, PACE co-rapporteurs on Ukraine, to meet with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, according to the Official web site of Yulia Tymoshenko.

The PACE co-rapporteurs expressed concern over the Ukrainian prison service’s denial.

As reported, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon had earlier said that he will soon request a meeting with Yulia Tymoshenko. “I will prepare the request soon. The Ukrainian foreign minister tried to reassure me of the conditions of Yulia Tymoshenko’s detention and her health,” he said.

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“I was told that she is being held in a three star prison. If this prison is so comfortable, then, of course, I should be able to visit,” he explained.