Contents tagged with Poroshenko
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Ukrainian President to make visit to Georgia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will pay a state visit to Georgia on July 17-19, where he will meet with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili, reported the Ukrainian President's Press Service.
The program of the visit also includes meetings between Petro Poroshenko and the Georgian Prime Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and the head of the Georgian parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze.
During the visit, a number of bilateral documents aimed at deepening strategic cooperation between …
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Ukraine to build a new ammunition factory
President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. To do so, there will need to be 1.4 billion hryvnia ($53.8 million) allocated for the project, as he explained during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, according to the Presidential website.
According to the President, a significant part of the funds from the budget surplus will be spent on strengthening the defense and security sector.
"I made a proposal to build an ammunition …
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Poroshenko signed a law on the course of Ukraine's accession to NATO
President Petro Poroshenko signed a law amending several laws regarding foreign policy processes which listed Ukraine's accession to NATO as one of the bases of Ukrainian foreign policy, as reported on the Presidential website.
The previous version of Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Basics of Domestic and Foreign Policy," the priority was "to deepen cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to meet the criteria necessary to obtain membership in this organization. …
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Media: Land market launch in Ukraine to be removed from IMF memorandum
The point on the necessity of launching a land market will not be an obligatory condition for the allocation of the next tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ukraine, AgroPortal reported with reference to a source close to the negotiations in the US.
“President Petro Poroshenko asked for the matter of launching a land market to be removed from the agenda, and Christine Lagarde agreed,” the source reported.
According to the source, the point on the necessity of launching a …
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Ukrainian President refused to lift ban on VKontakte social network
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko responded to a public petition demanding to unlock the Russian social network VKontakte, as reported on the website of the President Administration.
“I do not think it is possible to support the electronic petition to unlock the Internet resource Vkontakte,” he said in response to the petition. As Poroshenko noted, the application of special economic and restrictive measures to the Russian holding Mail.ru Group and other Russian Internet companies for …
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Poroshenko: 'The Russians do not need Donbass. I think they are ready to leave.'
President Petro Poroshenko, in an interview with Le Figaro, called the conflict in the Donbas a decisive one.
He said this while discussing his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I think that he [Trump] is paying special attention to Ukraine. Why? Because among all the international problems that he faces, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, the conflict in eastern Ukraine is easy to resolve. The Russians don’t need the Donbas. I think they are ready to leave,” said …
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Ukrainian President proposes to abolish parliamentary immunity
During his speech for Constitution Day, President Petro Poroshenko called for parliamentary immunity to be abolished.
“The high profile cases, the decisive steps in the fight against corruption, which are being demonstrated by the Prosecutor General’s Office and the National Anti-corruption Bureau, remind us all of what an anachronism parliamentary immunity is. My bill to change the constitution is ready. It will require political will from the MPs – once and for all, to put themselves on the …
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Ukrainian president points out threats from Nord Stream 2 in discussion with French prime minister
In Paris, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe discussed the development of trade and economic cooperation and renewable energy projects, the press service of the President of Ukraine reported.
The Ukrainian president’s press service noted that the two politicians agreed to activate the Ukraine-France Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Matters.
“Petro Poroshenko and Édouard Philippe discussed the prospects of French companies entering the …
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Poroshenko: US may make decision to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine before October
In an interview with the TV channels Ukraine, ICTV and Inter, President Petro Poroshenko said that the US would try to resolve the issue of supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine before October.
"As for the defense agreements: we have a virtually agreed-on their text. We are waiting for a visit by the US Secretary of Defense [James Mattis] to Ukraine in two or three months, and hope that the agreements will be signed during this visit. But I emphasize that this will not stop the supply of …
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Poroshenko: In July, U.S. Secretary of State will visit Ukraine, as well as Secretary Generals of NATO and UN
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that in July, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“We are awaiting a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Kyiv in July, and our work in Washington will continue. We are also awaiting a visit from UN Secretary General Guterres and a visit from the NATO Secretary General, which will also be in July,” he said in an …