Yulia Timoshenko’s experience of communication with Russian representatives will ease her future work as Ukraine’s prime minister, believes Russia’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov. He made the statement at a news conference in Moscow today, commenting on appointment of Yulia Timoshenko as prime minister of Ukraine, reports a REGNUM correspondent.
“Russia has been doing everything to mark its neutral attitudes to what is going on in Ukraine; it is the choice of the Ukrainian people and our duty is to accept it. We are ready to do the utmost to work with Ukraine within frameworks of the CIS,” the official said.
Noting that Ukraine’s membership in the CIS “has some peculiarities,” Denisov pointed out that this does not prevent Ukraine from working within frameworks of the CIS in all basic directions. Mostly, Ukraine shows itself in the economic field, and it is not alone in this – Moldova has taken the same way, the first deputy foreign minister added. “From our side, we can only welcome the approach, but one needs to understand at that if one wants to move forward in the economic cooperation of the integration type, one needs to establish a new institution for it. If not, we shall have what we have,” the official said.
Speaking about the new Ukrainian government, Denisov noted that “it needs time for starting.” Among other things, Yulia Timoshenko has a vast experience of communicating with Russia’s representatives, which, according to the first deputy foreign minister would make further work easier. At the same time, Andrei Denisov reminded that Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin was the first ambassador to congratulate Timoshenko on being elected as prime minister.
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