Poroshenko proposed that the US and the EU formalize a military alliance without joining NATO
Moscow - Kyiv, May 30 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - In an interview with the German newspaper Bild, Petro Poroshenko proposed that the United States and the EU create a “security union” together with Kiev. Such a turn in Ukrainian foreign policy was planned in advance even when Poroshenko was an informant for the US Ambassador to the Verkhovna Rada, writes RG.
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“They (the militias - approx. Navigator) receive weapons from Russia, militants cross the border, there are training camps on Russian territory. Russia’s goal was and remains to destabilize Ukraine so that we accept everything the Russians want,” Poroshenko said in an interview with Bild.
“I have no doubt that Putin, with his direct influence, could stop the fight,” Poroshenko further told the German publication. – The best example for this is the situation with the German hostages - representatives of the OSCE mission, who were immediately released after Putin’s intervention. I definitely want to talk to Putin and negotiate to stabilize the situation. Overall, we must continue to use all tools to put pressure on Russia, this also includes further sanctions. I can only repeat again and again that the issue of sanctions is not only about Ukraine, but also about global security.”
When asked by a German reporter if he wants to join NATO. Poroshenko replied: “In the country at the moment there is no majority for joining NATO. In general, we need a new security alliance with the US and Europe to protect Ukraine militarily. I, as President, will fight for such an alliance and will immediately begin negotiations. Once we gave up nuclear weapons and received Russian security guarantees for this. But now we see that these security guarantees are worthless, and therefore we need a new union.“
RG, commenting on this interview, has no doubt that the very idea of admitting Ukraine to NATO without formally joining NATO comes not so much from Poroshenko himself, but from the Americans, who have a direct, long-standing and strong influence on the oligarch.
The fact that Poroshenko “knocked” the US ambassador is evidenced by documents posted on the WikiLeaks website, the newspaper writes. Thus, in a dispatch sent to the State Department on April 28, 2006, US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst directly calls Poroshenko “his informant in the Rada.”
“During a meeting with the ambassador on April 28, our Ukrainian informant emphatically denied that he was trying to influence the decision of the Prosecutor General to put pressure on Tymoshenko’s deputy Alexander Turchynov... While we have no evidence, but there is a lot that indicates that Poroshenko will be one of the leaders of the coalition, simply because the Regions believe that he will be the most unbiased follower of Yushchenko’s course.”
On June 21, 2006, the next US Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, writes: “On June 21, the coalition drama in Ukraine continues... Petro Poroshenko, as our candidate for the post of Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, could likely facilitate an agreement or cause disagreements in the coming months... A number of deputies from Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc suggested that she would ultimately swallow Poroshenko's bitter pill as Speaker of the Rada; this will be her payback for returning to the post of prime minister.”
There is no doubt that, no matter how the Americans called Poroshenko before, the new president of Ukraine has already proven his devotion to the interests of the United States and the European Union, writes RG. And now Washington will diligently court him. The newly elected one himself understands this. Therefore, he will definitely not be offended by unflattering epithets addressed to him that were heard in the past.
English version :: Read in English Poroshenko proposed that the US and EU form a military alliance without joining NATO.