Visit of the Pope to Ukraine will promote revival of the Ukrainian nation - Zlenko.
Visit of the Pope to Ukraine will promote revival of the Ukrainian nation - Zlenko.
Kiev. On May, 23rd. The INTERFAX-UKRAINA - the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Anatoly Zlenko
Considers, that visit to Ukraine of Pope John Paul II will promote spiritual clarification
To the Ukrainian nation, its revival and also to promote its more confident movement in the European
The future.
He has declared it on Wednesday at press conference in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ukrainian and foreign
Journalists.
"We become more conscious, rallied, assured and in general it is better", - has expressed confidence
The minister.
Visit of the pontifex, according to A.Zlenko, will open a new epoch in history of relations between Ukraine and
Vatican. In its opinion, Ukraine should use properly this "unique chance".
The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has underlined, that estimations and discussions which go round this subject, and
Also myths which surround preparatory process, are "zapolitizirovannymi and deprived
The bases ".
According to A.Zlenko visit of the Daddy is spent in the tideway of national interests of Ukraine.
Forthcoming visiting by the pontifex of Ukraine testifies "to the valid independence
Our state, its independent choice - the European choice, desire ispovedyvat those values,
Which are professed by incorporated Europe ". In this connection, according to A.Zlenko, the one who is conscious or
Irresponsibly stirs to realisation of a foreign policy of Ukraine on its realisation of the national
Interests, operate against a choice of Ukraine.
According to the minister, John Paul's arrival II bears threefold loading. First, it is visit of the head
The foreign state, in the second, it comes to the believers who make the considerable
The part of the population of Ukraine, in the third, is significant the person of the pontifex in whom incorporate
The statesman, the scientific, great humanist of our epoch.
A.Zlenko also has noticed, that John Paul II has the Ukrainian roots and will welcome Ukraine
In the Ukrainian language which owns freely.
The head of foreign policy department has underlined, that Ukraine never refused from
The organisations pastorskoj visit parts. Ukraine constantly co-ordinates the actions with rimsko -
Catholic and Greco-catholic tserkvami.
A.Zlenko also has informed, that members of organising committee on preparation and
The visit organisations have made a detour of some objects which will be used within the limits of visit, in
Particulars stadium "Seagull", the National philharmonic society in Kiev.
According to the minister, the complicated question there is a placing of visitors. By calculations, in
Hotels of Kiev 15 thousand persons while it is expected about 300-450 thousand In Lvov can take places
It is expected to 2 million persons. It is planned to involve student's hostels, premises of some schools,
And also to build tent small towns at some stadiums. The church also works over this question.
The Pope will be with official visit in Ukraine on June, 23-27rd.
//* an information Source: the Interfax Ukraine, 23.05.01
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