WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 – Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, rejected the notion that Ukraine’s president has a list of headaches to deal with, as stated recently in a New York Times article, wire reports said on Wednesday.
Among the headaches listed in the article were the closure of Chernobyl, Ukraine’s relations with the International Monetary Fund, and in particular, the scandal surrounding the disappearance of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
With respect to Chernobyl’s closure, Gryshchenko said that this was not a headache, “but rather a sign of the success of our reforms and of cooperation with the international community.”
He added that agreements with Russia have been signed to reschedule gas debts owed to that country by Ukraine, and that the problems with the IMF have been clarified.
On the Gongadze affair, Gryshchenko said that “the government of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies are doing everything in their power to find Mr. Gongadze, we hope alive, and to get to the bottom of this case.”
