Poroshenko Canceled His Visit to UN General Assembly

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko canceled his visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly. He will give a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday, September 25, Instead.

Censor.NET reports this citing Sehodnya

Earlier Poroshenko has approved the composition of the delegation to attend the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.

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Delegation is headed by Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Yurii Serheiev is also in the delegation, Acting Director of Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Department of International Organizations Andrii Beshta, deputy director of the Department - Head of the UN Department of International Organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuriio Vitrenko, director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry International Law Department Larysa Herasko, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry International Security Department Ihor Kizim, Deputy Foreign Minister Serhii Kyslytsia, director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Department of policy and communications Oleksii Makeiev.

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In addition, deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Valerii Chalyi, deputy head of foreign policy department - Head of Strategic Initiatives and Communications Department of the main foreign policy and European integration of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Oksana Shuliar are also in the delegation.

Earlier, the press office of the United Nations reported that the President of Ukraine to speak at the UN General Assembly on September 25. However, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that President's participation in the UN General Assembly is questionable because of the tense situation in the Donbas.