Alexander Kuranov. The Ukrainian foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, which was expressed the protest of the Ukrainian party in connection with the recent statements by Czech President Milos Zeman on the situation in Ukraine, informs Prague online news publication Ceske noviny.
" the Ministry of foreign Affairs has called on Thursday, the Czech Ambassador in Kyiv Ivan Pacucha, to protest against unacceptable, in the opinion of the Ukrainian side, statements of Czech President Milos Zeman in the last period of time about the situation in Ukraine ", - said in the report.
for reviews of official Kiev, such phrases the President does not correspond to the spirit of the traditional friendly relations between Ukraine and the Czech Republic. At that Kiev did not specify what statements Zeman in this case we're talking about.
apparently, speculated Czech journal diplomatic incident caused interview Zeman Russian First channel last Sunday, in which the Czech head again criticized the anti-punishment from the West, and said that Ukraine is currently in a civil war in which her economic support is simply meaningless.
currently, Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector. In fact, the country is on the verge of default. The government predicts a decrease of the country's GDP by 5% in 2014, the European Bank for restoration and development - 7%, Fitch is also 5%. The national Bank of Ukraine predicts inflation in 2014 at 17%. The authorities have a hope to save the economy through external borrowing.
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