Poroshenko has excluded the split of Ukraine on languages
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the division of his country on linguistic principle impossible, urging " to evaluate the contribution of the " Russian-speaking Citizens of Ukraine. " Ukraine on linguistic principle nobody will split. This despite the fact that the only official language in the country is Ukrainian language, " He said at the event of the raising of the national flag on St. Sophia square in Central Kiev, ITAR-TASS reported." Ukrainians came together and became stronger, became more patriots and supporters of the European integration, supporters of the unitary apparatus of the country, those who support the idea of the Ukrainian language as the only state, " said Poroshenko. He added that the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine love not less, than those who claim to Ukrainian." We are required to assess the contribution of those who speak Russian ", - noted the head of the country. In early July, Poroshenko said that the provision of local authorities in Ukraine the right to give Russian, and other languages a special status within their respective territories is a reasonable compromise that will give the opportunity to withdraw from the agenda all insinuatio on language-related topics. Poroshenko also called the error the Decision of the Verkhovna Rada of deprivation of the Russian language regional status. The head of Ukraine said that the draft amendments to the Constitution will provide for the extension of the powers of the regions in relation to the celebration of different aspects of historical memory and the use of different cultural traditions of language policy. This Poroshenko called himself a supporter of the parliamentary-presidential form of government and ruled out granting the Russian language the status of a state. Remember, in February, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada cancelled the law " on principles of state language policy ", which gave the Russian status of regional language where It is the native language for at least 10% of the population in 13 of the 27 regions. The decision of the Parliament provoked unrest in the South-East of Ukraine. Because of this Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov, who performed the duties of Acting President of Ukraine, has not signed a decree on the abolition of the law.