Merkel called Poroshenko “on the carpet” - political scientist about Poroshenko’s Berlin meeting
It is still difficult to judge what was discussed at the meeting between Poroshenko, Hollande and Merkel, but it was a humiliating conversation for the Ukrainian president, which they wanted to hide from outsiders, i.e. from Russia.
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This is what Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, thinks.
“I don’t rule out that in Europe some personnel decisions were agreed upon regarding ministers, heads of central executive authorities, issues of corruption, reforms, energy supply to Ukraine, how satisfactory it is, were discussed,” he said.
According to the expert, in order to find out what the real results of the negotiations in Berlin were, you need to take into account not how Poroshenko comments on them, but what he will actually do.
“There will be a pause of five or six days, and then “watch your hands,” what these hands will do, and you will understand what was actually agreed upon in Berlin,” says Ruslan Bortnik.
In his opinion, the very situation of negotiations on Independence Day is humiliating.
“Imagine that the president of France or Russia, on the day of independence of his country, went to another country to discuss his internal problems. This is a humiliating situation. Our president was actually called “on the carpet” and talked to him about very serious problems. Why was there no Russia? There is a very calm answer to this question. When we punish children, we try to do it so that others do not see. We try to punish so as not to humiliate. The same thing happened in Berlin. There are European problems and misunderstandings, but they didn’t want Russia to see this conversation, because it was a humiliating conversation,” the expert said
Ruslan Bortnik did not rule out that new agreements were concluded in Berlin, but again called to “watch your hands” and see if the positions of Russia and the United States change their positions.
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