PR does not believe in the split of Ukraine

Allegations that Ukraine had not held as an independent state because of the irreconcilable contradictions between the East and West of the country are nonsense. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs Leonid Kozhara at the international conference "EU - Russia - Ukraine in Lviv, the press service of the Party of Regions. He also refuted the claim that if the Donets Basin is drawn to the Russian Federation, and Galicia - to Poland and Central Europe. "It's all nonsense. We are much more unites than divides us, even in the foreign policy preferences. Eurointegration is ravnopopulyarnym slogan as Lviv and Donetsk, as well as strategic partnership with Russia", - said A. Kozhara. "Secondly, we have already merged, for example, international sports competitions: UEFA Euro 2012 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the world soccer championship in Russia, and even, quite possibly, the Winter Olympics in the Carpathians in 2022. In Lions football will come not only the Poles, as well as in Donetsk - not only Russians, "- said the deputy head of the parliamentary committee. He also expressed confidence that Lviv is ready to make to accommodate tourists, business, investment from both Poland and Western Europe and from Russia and other CIS countries. "In this context, it is Lviv region may eventually become an example of how in a single Ukrainian region of East and West can coexist productively and creatively interact, as in the end, and happened for centuries in the province. It Lvov, why not having a energetic leadership of city and region, can be pioneers if this will make efforts "- summed L. Kozhara. Previously, L. Kozhara said that Ukraine needs to find its place in the process of rapprochement between Russia and Europe. According to him, today at the EU accounts for 50% of Russian trade. He also gave several examples of close cooperation between Russia and Europe in the military-technical and humanitarian spheres, the sphere of security policy and the issue of visa-free regime. Ministry of Industry