Ukraine need to carry out radical reforms, and not "to change the curtains on the Windows," said the Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine Jeffrey Payette.
according to him, if Ukraine does not hurry With the reforms, the country will be very difficult to count on support from the United States And the EU.
" Before all of them are huge challenges to cope With the inherited paradigms. The question is not whether to curtains on the Windows to replace, but to carry out radical changes. We very clearly stated his position: if you are going to implement serious reforms, the US would be seriously invested in your success. But if the reforms will slow down, it is very difficult to count on the support from our Congress, as well as from your European partners, "he said in an interview to the Ukrainian edition" ".
Payette said that today Ukraine Cannot be referenced on past merits.
" We cannot rely on past achievements, saying: here We are in April, held educational reform. Reform must very much. And there are tasks for the President, And the head of the Verkhovna Rada, " he said.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias And security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.
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