Interest Is Not the Same: The West Ceases to Notice Ukraine
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard STALKERZONE
16/07/2018
The
European Council President Donald Tusk noted with regret that the US
President Donald Trump doesn’t show any interest in the events happening
in Ukraine and takes into account the position of Russia concerning
this country. However, the European Union together with North Atlantic
alliance also tries to highlight the “Ukrainian question” as
rare as possible as of late, which President Poroshenko could be
convinced of during his trip to Brussels for the NATO summit.
Tusk shared his sad observations concerning the American leader with journalists from the “Fakty po faktach” program on the Polish “TVN24” TV channel. “In several conversations with me President Trump didn’t hide that he feels less delight concerning Ukraine, and more understanding of what Russia has done in Ukraine,” said the chairman of the Eurocouncil, one of the few European politicians who haven’t yet blamed Kiev for corruption and a lack of “European reforms”. And Tusk stated that it is precisely now that Ukraine “needs support more than ever, especially in the light of a possible profound change of American policy in relation to it”.
Tusk shared his sad observations concerning the American leader with journalists from the “Fakty po faktach” program on the Polish “TVN24” TV channel. “In several conversations with me President Trump didn’t hide that he feels less delight concerning Ukraine, and more understanding of what Russia has done in Ukraine,” said the chairman of the Eurocouncil, one of the few European politicians who haven’t yet blamed Kiev for corruption and a lack of “European reforms”. And Tusk stated that it is precisely now that Ukraine “needs support more than ever, especially in the light of a possible profound change of American policy in relation to it”.
Indeed,
during the NATO summit Petro Poroshenko, who was present at it, didn’t
receive the attention and respect from European and world leaders who
indulged in him earlier. Moreover, upon the termination of the summit a
video appeared on the official YouTube channel of NATO showing the only
speech of the president of Ukraine from the tribune of the forum – the
joint briefing with the Secretary General of the alliance Jens
Stoltenberg happened in an almost empty hall.
They were listened to by only a few people from the structure of the
Ukrainian delegation. The other participants of the summit, as they
already managed to joke about on Ukrainian social networks, were more
interested in lunch, football, and Trump. Although only three years ago
Poroshenko was applauded by the American congress.
Another
piece of proof of the words of Tusk is also the mysterious story with
Trump and Poroshenko’s meeting at the summit. The Ukrainian president
stated that he had a conversation with his American colleague, however
no visual proof of this was provided. The press service of the White
House didn’t remember by Poroshenko by word or photo, i.e., from the
point of view of the American administration, no such meeting took
place.
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