Arsen Avakov: We can not compromise in what deprives us independence

13 April 2018, 12:41

Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov calls any compromises unacceptable for Ukraine, which questions independence somehow. He stated this during the 11th Kyiv Security Forum, organized by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation.

"We have no alternative to compromises that force us to deprive us of any part of our independence. We do not have the opportunity to swim in illusions and pretend that the Budapest Memorandum, which was guaranteed to us by great powers, is a kind of sham," he stressed.

Avakov noted that he himself witnessed how, after the beginning of Russian aggression, the leaders of the great powers asked the authorities of Ukraine not to provoke Putin and to behave more calmly.

"And this "calmly" cost us dramatically high price - the occupied Crimea, occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions", - the Minister emphasized.

In this regard, he criticized foreign companies that are simultaneously trying to conduct business with Ukraine and Russia.

Avakov reminded that now there are military forces, parts of the Russian army, with a total of 35,000 military personnel in the Donbas.

He also said that a criminal proceeding has been opened concerning the international negative impact of an aggressor on Ukraine's information space.

According to him, taking into account the upcoming elections, it is very important for Ukraine to maintain internal stability at the moment.

For reference:

The annual international event Kyiv Security Forum was launched by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation Open Ukraine in 2007 as a platform for high-level discussions on the current issues in Europe and the Black Sea region. The Forum aims at increasing security cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea region, raising awareness about regional developments among key regional players, promoting the role of independent and non-governmental actors in setting the security agenda in Europe.

The event is being held with the support of NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine, the German Marshall Fund, The Victor Pinchuk Foundation, The Royal Institute of International Relations, Chatham House (UK), and The Regional Representative Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine.

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Arsen Avakov: We can not compromise in what deprives us independence

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