27 june 2010 18:04
President Yanukovych calls on Ukrainian diaspora to cooperate to improve country's international image
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called on the Ukrainian diaspora to cooperate to improve the country's international image. The head of state expressed his opinion at a meeting with President of the Ukrainian World Congress Eugene Czolij and Secretary-General of the Ukrainian World Congress Stefan Romaniw.
President Viktor Yanukovych thanked the leadership of the Ukrainian World Congress for their initiative to hold such a meeting. The head of state described the Ukrainian World Congress as a leading agency among other public organizations of the Ukrainian diaspora, adding that the mood of not only the Ukrainian diaspora, but also Ukraine in general could be felt through the Ukrainian World Congress.
"We need to organize cooperation in order to improve Ukraine's image in the world. This is our common business," the president stressed. "I have an action plan of this kind, and I am implementing it step by step. It can be regarded differently, but proceeding from the fact that I was elected by the Ukrainian people and I received powers from them, I'm acting now, and I'm trying to act as the people want me to act - in the interests of the Ukrainian society," Viktor Yanukovych emphasized.
Eugene Czolij, in turn, passed to President Viktor Yanukovych a memorandum on important issues concerning Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora.
UKRINFORM