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The initiators of the establishment of an international battalion for participation in the military actions on the east of Ukraine have addressed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asking that he assist in the settlement of this issue.

“Petro Oleksiyovych [Poroshenko], we’re asking you to let us participate in combat, to give us opportunity to make everything ready and to go to the front. Only you, as Supreme Commander, are authorized to undertake responsibility and to permit to create an international battalion,” Chairman of the United Congress of Azerbaijanis of Ukraine Hagani Huseynov said at a press conference.

He said that there are hundreds people that are well-trained and experienced in the military operations who are ready to help Ukraine in its fight for independence and territorial integrity.

Huseynov said that some high-ranking Ukrainian politicians supported this initiative, but there are some individuals who don’t want to allow foreigners to take part in combat in the east.