{"id":25835,"date":"2014-12-03T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2014-12-04T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T12:30:40","slug":"14292-ukraines-naturalized-ministers-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/14292-ukraines-naturalized-ministers-speak","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Naturalized Ministers Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDUSp4WB_ow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em><strong>Kyiv, December 3, 2014.<\/strong> <\/em>Three Ukrainian ministers in the new pro-European cabinet are recently naturalized citizens of Ukraine. In an effort to fight corruption and include the most qualified personnel in the newly-created coalition government, three foreign citizens were granted Ukrainian citizenship and appointed to ministerial positions. The three newly minted ministers, Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius, and Minister of Health Alexander Kvitashvili addressed reporters at Ukraine Crisis Media Center in Kyiv. The countries of origin of the three ministers are the United States, Lithuania, and Georgia, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThank you to the parliament of Ukraine for entrusting us with this work at a very important time,\u201d stated Jaresko. The Ukrainian political and economic climate is in a very difficult situation, but the new government is emphasizing professionalism and hard work regardless of the obstacles.\u00a0 \u201cWe are very proud to be a part of a very professional and technocratic government,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abromavicius stressed that the international business community has reacted with overwhelming support to the new Ukrainian cabinet, including the appointment of naturalized experts. Abromavicius promises the international community that Ukraine will push forward with reforms very quickly and seek to overhaul Ukraine\u2019s economy.\u00a0 \u201cWe plan to push through the remaining nine out of sixteen laws in the parliament that would allow us to receive\u201d new financing from the World Bank, he stated. The new government will immediately get to work to inspire confidence in the cabinet\u2019s seriousness when it comes to reforms. \u00a0\u201cThe prime minister has been very supportive of the cabinet,\u201d Abromavicius added. \u201cHe has pushed us to do some radical things.\u201d The new Ukraine\u2019s Health Minister Kvitashvili echoed the previous speakers\u2019 commitment to the reform agenda. \u201cWe are here to build, not to re-model or do a cosmetic change,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The three foreign-born ministers pushed back at the suggestion that their country of origin will have any impact on their dedication to overhauling the Ukrainian state and economy. \u201cWe are all Ukrainian citizens, the question itself is moot,\u201d stated Jaresko. It is a strong statement from the Ukrainian government that everything possible will be done to make Ukraine stronger. The appointments are not meant to imply that there are not plenty of highly-qualified Ukrainians, but that the government is willing to do anything possible to meet Ukrainians\u2019 expectations of profound change in governance. They emphasized that none of them are new to Ukraine and are deeply aware of the Ukraine\u2019s contemporary situation. \u201cWe are huge patriots of this country,\u201d concluded Alexander Kvitashvili.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Kyiv, December 3, 2014. Three Ukrainian ministers in the new pro-European cabinet are recently naturalized citizens of Ukraine. In an effort to fight corruption and include the most qualified personnel in the newly-created coalition government, three foreign citizens were granted Ukrainian citizenship and appointed to ministerial positions. 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