The Governor of Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili said in an interview to the weekly that Ukraine has enough resources to feed all of Europe. "[Ukraine - approx. Ed.] there are natural resources, functioning industry, educated citizens and a fabulous farmers who could feed the whole of Europe ", - said Saakashvili. Thus He has noticed that at the moment Ukraine is the poorest country in the European Union." Based on GDP, Ukraine is poorer than Moldova, which previously was the poorest, poorer Armenia, poorer than Albania, poorer than Kosovo, " Saakashvili said. "It's a disaster, because If you compare the resources of Ukraine with the resources of other countries, It's against all the laws of nature ", - said the Governor of the Odessa region. according to him, Ukraine will need to do something " totally radical "." If the country turned out to make a better system and reduce corruption, Ukraine could very quickly move forward, even in the face of war ", - said Saakashvili. He also told French reporters that at the head of the Odessa region wants to take care of the roads and street lighting, as well as to fight against illegal activities of officials in the construction sector, the circumstances with which Saakashvili has called " absolute madness ". Saakashvili was appointed the Odessa Governor on may 30. He stated that plans to complete the renewal of authorities in the field. Georgian politician and statesman Mikhail Nikolaevich Saakashvili was born 21 December 1967 in Tbilisi. He was the Central figure of the "velvet revolution" in Georgia in 2003, which culminated in the resignation of the Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. In January 2004 He was elected President of Georgia, a position he held until November 2013. Mikhail Saakashvili many times participated in the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests that led to the change of power in Ukraine in February 2014, where he performed with the support of the new course of Ukraine. Read more