The ceremony was also attended by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman, head of Parliament Andriy Paruby, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and other officials.
On April 26 a special meeting of the UN General Assembly is held on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. On the eve an exhibition about those tragic events was opened at the UN Secretariat building.