There will be no claims to democracy after Ukrainian election - Yanukovych
NEW YORK. Sept 26 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych hopes there will be no claims to democracy in Ukraine after the parliamentary election.
"The election will end and new relations will start, we will refresh relations with many countries of the European Union and the United States, because Ukraine is taking a maturity test now. So, this election must not be inferior to the previous ones," he told reporters in New York on Tuesday.
Concerning the U.S. Senate resolution with regard to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the president said it should be taken seriously.
"Naturally, we should take such resolutions seriously. But we are also aware of the opinions of the Department of State and the White House. They are slightly different," he said.
"It is not our business to evaluate the U.S. Senate; that can be done by the people of the United States," he added.
"To be frank, we intend to be very principled (about the observation of the Ukrainian parliamentary election law) after the ballot. Naturally, we will seek to hold a fair election," the Ukrainian president said.
He also hoped that international election observers would be impartial.
"We can see that partial opinions are expressed long before the election. I have never tried to hush anyone. That is a personal affair of each politician, his personal attitude to certain political events," Yanukovych said.