GingeOrCringe
Junior
- Apr 5, 2020
- 625
To: Aleksander Kwaśniewski ManBear |
From: Ihor Kharchenko |
CC: Viktor Yushchenko |
Subject: re:Establishing Diplomatic Ties |
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Yes, indeed we should. While I'm not positive as to President Yushchenko's schedule at this moment, I do know that Poland shall be his top priority once President Yeltsin's visit has concluded. We are eager to host a state visit for Poland. It would be an excellent opertunity to demonstrate our friendship to the world! In the mean time, Foreign Minister Gryshchenko would be more than willing to host a regular working visit or travel to Poland himself whenever is convenient for you.
We're glad we can share our concerns with Poland, and that you seem to feel the same way regarding East and West. Above all, Ukraine strives to avoid a second Cold War (or worse, a heated war like in 1960s Vietnam or various countries in Latin America...), but this does not negate our right to self-governance. Would Poland be interested in forming a formal alliance--a defensive pact to ensure we both have an ally should unwanted foreign intervention occur? It's something we could discuss more in-depth at our in person meeting, along with the clarification of our stance on the Belarusian issue.
Our Ministry of Defense is starting to remedy the problems left by the Symonenko administration. Once we're more organized (and that will likely take some time), we would like our ground forces to conduct joint training operations with Polish soldiers. Is this also of interest to you?
Sincerely,
Ihor Kharchenko
First Deputy Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs