Ukraine is continuing to act in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and chairing this organization, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky said.
“At this moment, we are still chairing the Commonwealth of
Independent States. We are using this
institution, we understand what will happen next, and will not make a
demarche into which we are being provoked ,” the high-ranking diplomat
said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
He also cited Acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deschytsia who spoke
about the inefficiency of the Commonwealth. “What is the point of an
organization if it is ineffective and incapable,” Deschytsia was quoted
as saying by his deputy.
“But I want to clarify the approach: we are being provoked into a
demarche, we are being provoked in various speculative ways so as to
demonstrate that the Ukrainian state is aggressive and that would
justify Russia’s behavior. This is not going to happen,” Lubkivsky said.
Kyiv has a clear understanding of the sequence of its policies within
the CIS, he said. “We know that if this organization shows its
incapacity, our reaction will be adequate and include all possible
options,” the deputy foreign minister said.
