Ukrainian deputy: The struggle for “independence” has been going on for 1000 years
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs, Anna Gopko, said on the 112 Ukraine TV channel that the ancestors of Ukrainians fought for independence for a thousand years, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I would like to congratulate everyone on Independence Day. This is a big holiday, because our ancestors fought for our independence for a thousand years,” she said.
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The deputy also said that Ukraine’s signing of free trade agreements with the EU and Canada will help resist Russia’s “economic aggression.”
“As for our foreign policy priorities, obviously, this is joining the EU and NATO.
This year, in addition to the visa-free regime, the Association Agreement with the EU, the free trade agreement with the EU, the free trade agreement with Canada, which came into force on August 1. Now we are talking about signing a peace agreement with Israel and with other states so that, in addition to the military aggression that we have been experiencing in recent years, we must remember about economic aggression when Russia blocks the transit of our goods through its territory to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to make us economically weaker,” the deputy said.
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