Greece Could Learn From Britain, Ukaine, Yatsenyuk Says
Greece could learn a few lessons from Britain about how to live with less government spending and thrive, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on July 15 after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
"We have a lot in common with the United Kingdom," Yatsenyuk told Cameron. "You passed austerity and you made your economy really vibrant and robust. We did the same."
"So we can share our experiences with Greece in order to make the world better, to keep the European Union united," he said.
After the meeting, Britain announced it would send 50 troops to take part in a military exercise in Ukraine, in a show of support for Yatsenyuk's government.
"Britain strongly supports Ukraine and Ukraine's right to exist in peace with its neighbors," Cameron said. "We think the people of Ukraine should be able to choose their own future."
Yatsenyuk met with U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier in the week.
Based on reporting by AFP and Interfax
That will conclude our Ukraine in Crisis live blogging for July 15, 2015. Please join us again tomorrow.
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From our news desk:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said a large-scale reshuffle is needed in the western region of Zakarpattya.
Poroshenko was speaking in the region's capital city of Uzhhorod on July 15 while presenting the new head of the Zakarpattya regional administration, Hennadiy Moskal.
Moskal -- who replaces Valeriy Lunchenko -- was the former head of the eastern Luhansk region, where Ukraine's armed forces have been fighting against pro-Russian separatists for over a year.
"Criminals, smugglers, and law enforcement bodies have grown together in Zakarpattya since the early 1990s and nobody in the years of independence has succeeded in tearing them apart,” Poroshenko said, adding that the situation will not improve without a serious reshuffle.
Deadly shootings between the ultranationalist Right Sector and local police took place over the weekend in Zakarpattya.
The gunbattle in Zakarpattya's city of Mukacheve on July 11 highlighted tensions between the government and nationalist groups that played a role in the protests that pushed Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovych from power last year but now challenge the authority of the pro-Western leaders in power.
Based on reporting by Interfax and UNIAN