OREANDA-NEWS President Petro Poroshenko expressed resolute support to the position of respect and guarantee of sovereignty in the world. In the course of the 72 session of the UN General Assembly, the Head of State noted: “Let me take this chance to state clearly that we in Ukraine cannot agree more with the call for the sovereignty to be universally respected and guaranteed”. The President also commended the position of President Donald Trump on this issue.

The Head of State reminded that when the UN was set up, it was designed to maintain peace and security in the world based on principles of respect for sovereignty and integrity of borders.

“The founding nations, among those was Ukraine as well, aimed at securing the world where the sovereign right of free choice will be respected. So was this principle to be guarded by P5 in the name of sustainable peace and security. That was the principle that happened to be so blatantly violated against my own country by one of the P5. This is the principle which is to be back on track upon whatever means and tools we have at hand,” the President said.

He added that Ukraine is a right place to invest into this noble endeavor, in the name of sustainable peace and security.
“That is what millions of Ukrainians have struggled for since the beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014 in Donbas and Crimea,” Petro Poroshenko noted.

The President recalled the losses of our country. “A three-year-long war with Russia has resulted in 10 thousand people killed, 7% of Ukrainian territory occupied, 20% of Ukrainian economy and industrial output seized, destroyed or simply stolen,” he stressed.
According to the President, Ukraine is fully committed to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

At the same time, he noted that despite heavy defense expenses, more than 5% of GDP, Ukraine keeps going through fundamental transformations – fighting corruption, promoting judicial reforms, implementing decentralization, improving business opportunities.
“A year and a half ago the economic situation in Ukraine was so dire that we could only dream about macroeconomic stabilization. Now we have all grounds to say that economic recovery is in place,” Petro Poroshenko informed.

“Such areas as ensuring sustainable energy supply, food security, promoting innovation development and sustainable infrastructure as well as promoting an effective public health system, affordable education and decent work are among priorities within the 2030 UN Development Agenda in Ukraine,” the President emphasized.

“I am convinced that no country alone can achieve sustainable development without sustainable peace and security. That is why strengthening peace and promoting security should be the driving and unifying force of our joint efforts aimed to achieve the goals of sustainable development,” Petro Poroshenko concluded.