Disagreement between Ukrainian President and Foreign Minister Klimkin over Russia's note
The head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Vladimir Aryev, gave his assessment of the conflict between the country's leader Vladimir Zelensky and Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin over Russia's note regarding the detained sailors.
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| Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Photo: Sputnik |
“We see the position of a politician in the form of a minister (Mr. Klimkin), who does not allow violating state interests, and the position, I must apologize, of an uneducated person, who allowed what the head of Ukrainian foreign policy could not do,” Mr. Aryev said in an interview with the magazine "New Era".
Earlier, Mr. Klimkin called the disagreement between himself and Zelensky over the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's reply to Moscow on the issue of the sailors "an emotional matter."
At the same time, Zelensky called for Klimkin to be disciplined because the Foreign Minister did not inform the president about the relevant note and did not agree with him on the answer.
Earlier, on June 26, the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note to Kiev, outlining the possibilities for the release of sailors within the framework of Russian law. Mr. Klimkin refused to consider the proposed conditions.