Ukrainian elections 'quite a victory,' Poland says

Warsaw - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Tuesday that recent presidential elections in Ukraine were "quite a victory" that gave the nation stronger ties to the democratic world. The election "creates prospects for the deepening of relations between Ukraine and the world of democracy, of human rights," Sikorski said at a press conference in Warsaw.

"Poland wants to have the best possible relations with every democratically-elected Ukrainian president," Sikorski said, saying Poland would continue to support Ukrainian aspirations for European Union and NATO membership if that was the country's will.

Sunday's presidential elections in Ukraine were conducted in a free and fair manner, European observers said in a statement Monday that was quickly praised by the European Union.

According to preliminary results, former pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich leads the field with 35.3 per cent of the vote. He is set to go into a runoff on February 7 with the current head of government, Yulia Tymoshenko, who received 24.9 per cent.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304665,ukrainian-elections-quite-a-victory-poland-says.html.