Ukraine's presidential candidate and parliamentary deputy Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine will hold talks in order to normalize relations with Russia despite the current problems.
“Russia is our neighbor. Relations with the Russian Federation have
assumed the greatest importance over the past 200 years,” he said at a
press conference in Kyiv on Sunday.
“I am convinced that we can hold talks with the Russian Federation
with the participation of the United States and European Union. We have
much to discuss,” he said.
He said there are two issues of crucial importance in the talks:
“Ukraine will never recognize the illegitimate referendum and occupation
of Crimea.”
The second issue is Ukraine’s European integration. “It is the
Ukrainian people that will decide the strategy of Ukraine’s
development,” Poroshenko said.
