15:17 22.06.2017

Ukraine's political elite must unite to resolve conflict, develop country's economy – Kuchma

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Ukraine's political elite must unite to resolve conflict, develop country's economy – Kuchma

The representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) for the settlement of the situation in Donbas, former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma believes that without unity in Ukrainian politics it is impossible to achieve conflict resolution and economic development in the country.

"Today, a lot of people, even inside Ukraine, believe that we are not a subject, but an object of international politics. There is a war in the country, and why don't we have unity in our political elite?", Kuchma said during the Baltic-Black Sea forum titled "Dawn of Europe: historical pattern of civilizational choice" in Kyiv on Thursday.

"I tell the political elite to unite against this situation. Let's look at the parliament, the politicians' quarrel over quarrels. They only play on this - on Donbas, our killed people. And where is our unity? If there is no unity, then nothing will happen," he said.

According to the second president, the Ukrainian government should be fighting corruption and economic development in the first place.

"I think that the leadership of Ukraine understands well that the issue of corruption should be front and center…. Does not the leadership understand the situation with the current economy?" Kuchma said.

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