The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko gave his first interview as the head of the country to Time magazine, saying he wants to punish the Russian Federation for the tragedy, which happened to his country, but he sees no other option but to go to dialogue with Moscow. " maybe some Ukrainians want to watch as his neighbor Sweden or Canada, but our neighbor - Russia, " He said, adding that the need for dialogue with this neighbor is the guarantor of security for his country and is explained only by the geographical position of Ukraine." for this reason We cannot talk about hard security without dialogue and understanding with Russia ", - said the head. According to Poroshenko, the best way to convince centuries Putin that Ukraine can exist within the present borders is to build a powerful army and prosperous economy." To be honest, I am not very interested in what he thinks citizen Putin about my country, " said Poroshenko. He added that he is ready for any help from the West." We are talking about support in any form, from intelligence to military technologies, from blocking our air space to the naval blockade ", - He explained, RIA " Novosti ". Poroshenko also said that on Sunday had a long meeting with Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. Positions of the parties remain far apart from a close person, but he remains " cautiously optimistic " about the possibilities of restoring good relations with Russia, said the head of Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported. Remember that on the last working day of the week during celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the landing of allied troops in Normandy (France) for the first time held a 15-minute meeting of Putin and Poroshenko. However in the press-service Poroshenko, first said that during the meeting in Normandy presidents came to an agreement about General closure activities boundary in the South-East of Ukraine. For its part, the press Secretary of the head of the country Dmitry Peskov said Putin At a meeting with Poroshenko was said about the events in the East of Ukraine.
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