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Yulia Timoshenko: â€œUkraine supports territorial integrity of neighboring countriesâ€

16 April 2008 14:44 (UTC +04:00)

She said one of the issue laid ahead of Ukraine was diversification of energy sources and it made Ukraine to closely cooperate with the countries of natural fuel resources. â€œIt is important issue for both Ukraine and European Unionâ€. Responding the Armenian parliamentarian Vaan Ovannisyanâ€™s question about Ukraineâ€™s non-recognition of Kosovo independence, Timoshenko said it was corresponding with the foreign policy of her country. â€œThere are several countries near abroad Ukraine is closely cooperating with and their territorial integrity problems has not been solved yet and territorial integrity of these countries are under the big risk. For that Ukraine would like to know at first, is Kosovo unique and only or it will turn into precedent for entire world? Ukraine will pass decision on the basis of its policy as long as the international community does not reach complete and exact opinion on Kosovo issue. We are conducting now all-round diplomatic dialogue and will respond this important question when questions on Kosovo will be responded as wellâ€. Speaking about the role of Ukraine in the influential international organizations like GUAM and BSECO, Timoshenko said her country put forward successful policy toward both directions. â€œThe Government of Ukraine together with the Parliament has ratified the GUAM Charter and it was one of the important steps toward the cooperation within GUAM. We are searching now for the new ways of cooperation with this organization and we will always support the GUAMâ€™s activity. Regarding to the frozen conflicts, we follow the policy to support territorial integrity of our neighbors as soon as possible.