UKRAINE HAS CHOSEN EUROPEAN WAY, AMBASSADOR BOZHKO DECLARES
Noyan Tapan
May 04 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "We want to become a normal country
and to build a normal open society," Ambassador of the Ukraine to
Armenia Olexander Bozhko declared at the May 4 meeting at the National
Press Club. As for improvement in the sence of democratization in the
Ukraine after the "orange revolution", according to the Ambassador,
the results of the revolution cannot appear at once. Meanwhile, he
mentioned that the most significant showing of improvement in the
sphere of development of democratic processes in the Ukraine were the
normal parliamentary elections held in March. "The last elections in
the Ukraine showed that the majority of the population that supported
Yushchenko in their time, did not change their initial decision. The
results of the elections in the Ukraine is the demonstration of the
European way chosen by our country," Olexander Bozhko declared. In
response to Noyan Tapan correspondent's question, whether the "colored
revolutions" in the post-Soviet area are accidental or they can be
considered as a regularity, the Ambassador said that the Ukrainian
"orange revolution" was conditioned by the readiness of the society
for changes. According to him, it was impossible to gather for the
money of Soros the 1.5 or 2 million people that took to the streets
of Kiev. Such a splash was the result of processes that took place in
the public consciousness: "The orange revolution first of all took
place in the thinking of the people," Olexander Bozhko declared. As
for the possible membership to NATO in the coming years, the Ukrainian
Ambassador declared that nothing can be excluded. He mentioned that
the Ukraine is striving for not only economic but also for military
cooperation with Europe.
Noyan Tapan
May 04 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "We want to become a normal country
and to build a normal open society," Ambassador of the Ukraine to
Armenia Olexander Bozhko declared at the May 4 meeting at the National
Press Club. As for improvement in the sence of democratization in the
Ukraine after the "orange revolution", according to the Ambassador,
the results of the revolution cannot appear at once. Meanwhile, he
mentioned that the most significant showing of improvement in the
sphere of development of democratic processes in the Ukraine were the
normal parliamentary elections held in March. "The last elections in
the Ukraine showed that the majority of the population that supported
Yushchenko in their time, did not change their initial decision. The
results of the elections in the Ukraine is the demonstration of the
European way chosen by our country," Olexander Bozhko declared. In
response to Noyan Tapan correspondent's question, whether the "colored
revolutions" in the post-Soviet area are accidental or they can be
considered as a regularity, the Ambassador said that the Ukrainian
"orange revolution" was conditioned by the readiness of the society
for changes. According to him, it was impossible to gather for the
money of Soros the 1.5 or 2 million people that took to the streets
of Kiev. Such a splash was the result of processes that took place in
the public consciousness: "The orange revolution first of all took
place in the thinking of the people," Olexander Bozhko declared. As
for the possible membership to NATO in the coming years, the Ukrainian
Ambassador declared that nothing can be excluded. He mentioned that
the Ukraine is striving for not only economic but also for military
cooperation with Europe.