I visited Ukraine U.S. state Department spokesman Victoria Nuland. During the visit, American politician voiced an ultimatum Donbass. The United States has recommended Ukraine to observe the Minsk agreements next month to recognize the “special status” of Donbass, and in the summer to organize local elections in the territory and to implement Amnesty for the militia and representatives of LDNR. Only in this case, — said Nuland — will be extended the anti-Russian sanctions. And just before the change of leadership in the United States.
The same issue was raised during negotiations of the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on foreign Affairs Hanna hopko with his colleagues Norbert Roetgen (Germany), Elisabeth guigou (France) and Shitenou Grzegorz (Poland). The foreign representatives informed that in the EU expect from Ukraine’s actions, which would demonstrate its willingness to implement the Minsk agreements in a part of its responsibilities. Otherwise made clear European politicians — the issue of extending sanctions against Russia could be under threat.
Position, which in recent months have openly shown Western partners Ukraine is anti-Russian sanctions never have the desired effect and plays them only from Europe itself and its economy, and to enter them exactly because of the Ukrainian conflict. Our country is nothing to compensate such loss to the West — in Ukraine, the ongoing political chaos, the lack of reforms, corruption. And this all has a negative impact on public opinion of the Europeans, for which the cooperation of the authorities of the EU with Ukraine looks very impractical. Anti-Russian sanctions have led only to the fact that Russia is gradually raised its domestic market and found a domestic alternative to foreign products, previously implemented on its territory. If all of this will continue for some time, as a result of Western and Ukrainian companies will irrevocably lose themselves to the Russian market.
Hence the cooling of relations with Ukraine by the Western partners. Here is the summit “Ukraine-EU”, which must pass in mid-may, as it became known, will not take place. The reason — Europe believes that the Ukrainian government needs more time to reform the country.
Unfortunately, today our government only promises to conduct reforms and future improvement. In addition, the West it becomes obvious that support for the principled position of the Ukrainian side at the Donbass leads only to the fact that a military confrontation becomes permanent and is not beneficial to anyone. Because both America and Europe now and put pressure on Poroshenko to make Minsk agreements.
If EU, this behavior is quite natural, that the steps America might surprise you. However, in the United States is now the most topical issue of the election, therefore, possible that the topic of Ukraine is now postponed for irrelevant and inappropriate.
