Poroshenko told how Trump asked him, whose Crimea
Poroshenko and Trump in 2017, photo The Washington Post Via Getty Images
The Exploration of Ukraine and the leader of the European Solidarity Party Petro Poroshenko told how during his presidency the then American leader Donald Trump raised Poroshenko the question of the affiliation of Crimea.
Source: Poroshenko in a comment The New York Times
Details: Explore told how at one of the meetings during the first presidential term, Trump asked Poroshenko if he could get an honest answer to the question. Poroshenko replied « yes ». Then Trump leaned closer and asked, « Tell me, is Crimea Russian? »
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Poroshenko replied that Crimea was Ukrainian and asked what raised the question. Then Trump said that a Russian friend told him that the peninsula should be Russian, Poroshenko said.
The publication notes that before the end of the Trump term, the administration made an official statement known as the « Crimean Declaration », which was stated that Crimea was Ukrainian territory.
« It is not easy with him, » Poroshenko said about Trump, « but now it’s time for diplomacy. »
Poroshenko also urged the authorities to create a government of national unity to end the war.
Direct language: « We do not have another option other than a coalition of national unity, the government of national unity … We must have unity in parliament and demonstrate unity in the country. And the result of this decision should be a stop of war. »
Details: Poroshenko also stated that he disagreed with Trump’s assessment of Zelensky as a dictator.
At the same time, the expsite called sanctions against him « catastrophic, unconstitutional and extrajudicial. » According to him, if he was arrested, he would have stated that Ukraine is on the way to the dictatorship.
NYT notes that, according to polls, Poroshenko has little chance of winning the presidential election, as he is inferior to Zelensky and former Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny.
« Political scientists say that Poroshenko can count on the election alliance with General Zaluzhny, who works as an ambassador to the UK and is very popular in Ukraine … In an interview, Poroshenko said that he met with Zaluzhny in London, but refused to reveal the details of their negotiation. – says the publication.
