Quotable notes

"President [Leonid] Kuchma wants to obtain support from foreign partners and he has a 'way' with each of them. In dealing with the United States, he pretends that he wants Ukraine to join NATO. In dealing with Russia, he pretends that he wants Ukraine to fully integrate with this country. And in dealing with Poland, he pretends that he desires full reconciliation. ... It will be very bad if Ukraine's current leadership, which has tiny social support, chooses to close the problem of the Volhynia tragedy in such a light-hearted way."

- Yulia Tymoshenko in an interview with the newspaper Rzeczpospolita on June 24, commenting on the planned Ukrainian-Polish commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Volhyn massacres.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 6, 2003, No. 27, Vol. LXXI

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