DEBATE IN UKRAINE OVER SENDING PEACEKEEPERS TO KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk has slightly exaggerated Ukraine's readiness to send a peacekeeping contingent to Nagorno Karabakh, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Defense Affairs Georgy Kryuchkov stated at a press conference Tuesday, proUA reported. "The Minister probably assumed much to himself by saying that Ukraine is ready. One has to know which stand the Parliament will take," he said. He noted that at the moment one could not speak either of the position of the Supreme Rada, or that of the Parliamentary Committee. In Kryuchkov's words, the positions of Armenia and Azerbaijan should also taken into account in the issue of sending the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent to Karabakh. Kryuchkov also added that he cannot forecast the posture of the Parliament. At the same time Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Petro Poroshenko stated May 24 that he does not rule out Ukraine sending its peacekeepers to Karabakh. "This decision will be considered by the CNSD, the respective presentation was submitted to the Government."