Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko has said he doubts that newly appointed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will manage to conduct effective policies.
“Poroshenko is a hostage to the situation in which
Yuschenko temporarily serves as the head of state,” he said in an
exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.
He said that Poroshenko’s appointment would not help ease the tension in relations between Ukraine and Russia.
“They [Ukrainian-Russian relations] will remain unchanged,” Symonenko said.
He said that Poroshenko had been appointed as foreign minister at the initiative of Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko.
“There is no doubt that Poroshenko will fulfill everything that Yuschenko dictates to him,” he said.
He also expressed doubt that Poroshenko would remain on the post after presidential elections.
