The parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, mentioned on February 14 that the previous president Peter Poroshenko he had not submitted “any related paperwork” confirming his reported conferences with Western leaders on the Munich Safety Convention, the place he was not allowed to take part.
The previous president mentioned the president of the Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk didn’t approve the delegation of the European Solidarity get together led by Poroshenko, citing alleged threats to his life overseas primarily based on warnings from the pinnacle of Ukrainian navy intelligence (HUR) Kyrylo Budanov.
“The claims of representatives of the European Solidarity get together concerning the non-participation of their get together on the Munich Safety Convention are manipulative,” the Verkhovna Rada wrote in its assertion on Fb.
The parliament mentioned that Stefanchuk had ordered to kind a parliamentary delegation to take part within the convention, which included an equal variety of MPs from the opposition and authorities parliamentary teams.
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In accordance with the assertion of the parliament, the legislator Oleksiy Honcharenko will signify the European Solidarity get together within the convention.
Co-head of the European Solidarity Occasion Iryna Herashchenko referred to as the assertion of the Verkhovna Rada “false”, claiming that each one the paperwork for the enterprise journey have been submitted prematurely.
The ex-president was beforehand barred from leaving Ukraine in December 2023. Though he initially obtained official permission, the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) requested that or not it’s canceled as a result of deliberate assembly of Poroshenko with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
He was additionally barred from leaving Ukraine in Could 2022 for a NATO summit, however was finally allowed to depart the nation on his third try.
Poroshenko, who was elected president in 2014, misplaced his 2019 re-election bid to President Volodymyr Zelensky in a bitter marketing campaign that usually included private assaults.
The rivalry between the 2 didn’t subside after the election, and Poroshenko was investigated on fees of betrayal to allegedly do enterprise in Russian-occupied Donbas. Poroshenko claimed the investigation was politically motivated.
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