Interfax: Kyiv expects deal on full implementation of Minsk agreements – foreign minister

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KYIV. Feb 11 (Interfax) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expects that the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia will reach understanding on implementing the entire package of the Minsk agreements at their meeting in Minsk on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Kyiv on Wednesday, Klimkin said there had been […]

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Interfax: U.S. partner status to give Ukraine new cooperation opportunities – Ukraine foreign minister

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KYIV. July 29 (Interfax) – The issue of granting Ukraine a special partner status is currently being discussed in the United States, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said. Readiness to provide further assistance to Ukraine exists in the Congress and Senate and the U.S. already provides such help, Klimkin said in an interview with Voice of America during his working […]

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New Ukraine Foreign Minister Seen Bringing Sober Style To Kyiv Diplomacy

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(RFE/RL – Carl Schreck – June 20, 2014) One day after then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych unexpectedly scuttled plans to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union at a Vilnius summit, his envoy in Berlin took to German radio to explain Kyiv’s decision. But Pavlo Klimkin also seized the moment to express his personal frustration with the move before quickly softening […]

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