“The NATO membership of Ukraine can become a tool in struggle against external aggression, but in the long run. To solve the existing conflicts there are more effective tools that government does not use. This tool is the Budapest format”, – said the Head of the Central Executive Committee of the European Party of Ukraine, the Deputy Head of the party Valeriy Klochok on one of the TV channels.
“To stop the war in the East of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea, the government should offer an effective mechanism. And this mechanism has to work for the future and encourage Ukrainians. It is neccessry for authorities, if they want to keep their seats. Therefore, such rhetoric of officials is not accidental”, – he said.
“We have to face the truth and realize that NATO, which has been away from the war in Ukraine for all that time, will not be our panacea. We need to return to the talks in the Budapest format”, – said Valeriy Klochok. – “The statement of the US President Donald Trump, that he had not yet assessed the events in Ukraine, is promising for Ukraine. If the government will take advantage of this and can convince Trump in the need of such negotiations, the Budapest format can be the key to end the conflict in the East of Ukraine and return the annexed Crimea”.
Press Service of the European Party of Ukraine