President of Ukraine

Presidential Administration initiated an official investigation due to identical passages in the speeches of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Petro Poroshenko

5 June 2019 - 20:34

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine for information policy Kyrylo Tymoshenko initiated an official investigation due to the identity of certain passages in the speech by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a joint briefing with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and the speech by Petro Poroshenko at the European Solidarity party convention.

It was previously established that the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, who prepared theses for the briefing of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, continued to work in parallel with Petro Poroshenko.

At the same time, the content and agenda of talks between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of the EU and NATO were formed separately by the employees of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Therefore, the representatives of the previous government did not influence the issues that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with European partners and friends of Ukraine.

In case of confirmation of private cooperation of civil servants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Petro Poroshenko, severe administrative, disciplinary and staffing decisions will be taken.

We consider it a sabotage by certain employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a deliberate provocation by the team of Petro Poroshenko.