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Obama says world should support Poroshenko
05.06.2014 10:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The international community should support the new president of Ukraine confronting separatists in the countrys east, U. S. President Barack Obama said at a joint briefing with President-elect of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw on Wednesday, NRCU reports.
«Ukraine has gone through a very challenging time. And what we have seen has been an incredible outpouring of democracy in the face of actions by Russia as well as armed militias in certain portions of the east who violate international law and international sovereignty,» Obama said. Obama said Poroshenkos election represented the rejection of violence and corruption by the people of Ukraine and called his election a «wise selection».
«We stand together because we believe that people and nations have the right to determine their own destiny that includes the people of Ukraine,» the U.S. leader noted. Obama and Poroshenko also discussed Poroshenkos plans to restore peace in the contested regions as well as ways to improve Ukraines fragile economy and diversify its energy portfolio to make it less dependent on Russia.
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