Sovereign Ukraine makes it impossible for Russia to return to superpower status – Czaputowicz

17.05.2021 09:50

Ukrinform

Ukraine is of great importance as a country with great potential, which plays a key role in Europe's security due to its size, population, geopolitical and economic significance.

Ex-foreign minister of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz said this during an online discussion of the Kyiv Security Forum dedicated to Europe Day in Ukraine, according to the KSF website.

“Ukraine plays a key role in ensuring stability in Europe. It is a kind of buffer separating the West from Russia,” he said.

Czaputowicz stressed that Ukraine is holding back the further expansion of Russia in the western direction.

“The next is Poland. It is very important for us that Ukraine remains strong and sovereign. A sovereign Ukraine also makes it impossible for Russia to return to the superpower status it had as the Soviet Union during the Cold War,” he stressed.

“Europe needs a strong, stable, and prosperous Ukraine as an important element of the European security architecture,” Poland’s former foreign minister summed up.

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