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27-11-2009 17:40 Lytvyn: speculating on language problems is unacceptable
Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn warned politicians against speculating on the language issue during their election campaigns.
"The language problem crops up every time during elections, as a rule thanks to politicians hardly speaking one language and forgetting about the matter immediately after the polls," Lytvyn said, asked by the press in Balaklava, Crimea, Friday. The Parliament Speaker noted that Ukraine's bilingualism has historical roots, because "there are Ukrainians, Russians and other nationalities living in this country's territory". In this context he expressed the need for securing implementation of laws regulating language questions, having reminded that "the Russian language is a language of international communication". At the same time, the Speaker emphasized, "in this aspect we need to follow the law, in the first place on the issues of paperwork, legal proceedings, health care, which is important, and where most of all conflicts emerge."
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