Traduccion Victoria Nuland

Damas y caballeros, es un gran honor y placer

Introduce to you

The assistant secretary state for european

and eurasian affairs Victoria Nuland
Victoria just recently returned from Kiev and
Has an update on the situation
Victoria
Well thank you Roman
Thank you ladies and gentlemen
Thank you for being here and fr your continued support
For the u.s. Ukraine relationhip
And thank you for the invitation to speak to you today
Still jet-lagged from my third trip in five weeks to Ukraine
In my days in Kievs earlier this weeks
I don’t have to tell this crowd that these are historic
And challenging times for the people of Ukraine
For the Ukrainian American relationship
And for people everywhere who care about the future
Of that great country
The world is watching the drama that is unfolding in the centerof Keivs
The euromaidan movement has come to embody
The principles and values that are the cornerstones
For all free democracies
What began on november 24th
As a protest against president Yanukovych
His decisión to pause on the route to Europe
Has become much deeper and bigger
After bloob was spilled by security forces on november 30th
The movement also became about justice and civil rights

And ukraine’s desire to have a goverment
Ukrainians desire to have a goverment to respect them
That listens to them, that protects them
And that provides for them modern democratic goverment
That was palpablewhen i was my firts visit to the Maidan on december 5th
When the ukrainians say they are europan
This is what they mean
and has one very prominent ukrainian businessman said to my
So MAidan movement movements greatest achievement
Is that it has proven that the people of Ukraine
Will not longer support any president
This one o a future one who does not take them to Europe
Throughout this period the United State message
has been clear and unequivocal
we stand with the people of Ukraine
in the search for justice human dignity security
a return to economic health
and the european future they have chosen ahd that they deserve
as you know and the Roman said
I returned to Ukraine to my third visit in five weeks
Last Tuesday in support of these very goals
This time conducting parallel coordinated
High level diplomacy with EU high representative Cathy Ashton
With all of the key ukranians stakeholders
They halfway through our visit in the wee hours
of Wednesday december 10th
we witnessed to appalling show of force by goverment forces
who turned riot pólice bulldozers and tier gas
on the maidan demonstrators
and the sangs hymns and prayed for peace
Ukrainians of all ages and backgrouns

Flooded to maidan to protect it
Secretary Kerry wasted no time in expressing
The united state discussed at this decision of the ukranian goverment
And by morning the riot police had been forced to retreat
Later that same day I spent more than two hours
With the president Yanukovych
It was a tough conversation
But also a realistic one
I made absolutely clear to him on
Behalf on the united state
That what happenend december 10th
And more general generally
what been happening in security terms
is absolutely impermissible in a European state
in a democratic state
but I also made clear that the United State believes
there is a way out for Ukraine
that it is still possible to save Ukraine’s European future
and that that is where we wanted to see the president lead this country
abd that was going to require immediate steps
to de-escalate the security situation
and immediate political steps to end the crisis
and get Ukraine back into a conversation with Europe
and with the international monetary found (FMI)
As you all know and as I’m sure
You just heard from onder’s and other colleagues
Ukraine’s economy is in a dire state
Having been in recession for more than a year
And less than three months worth of foreign currency reserves in places
The reforms the IMF insists on are necessary
For the long-term economic health of the country
A new deal with the IMF would also send
A positive signal to private markets
And would increase foreign direct investment
That is so urgently needed un Ukraine
Signing the association agreement with the EU
Would also put Ukraine on a path
To strengthening the sort of stable and
Predictable business environment that investors require
There is not other path that would bring Ukraine back to
Long-term political stability and economic growth
We also commend the EU for leaving the door open
For the association agreement
And for continuing to work with
the ukranian goverment on a way forward
The ukranian parliament has already passed
Some 18 separate pieces of required legistations
In advance on the easter partnership in Vilnius
Although that was a missed opportunity
It would be a huge shame to see
Five years worth of work and preparation
Go to wasted if the AAA is not the signed in the near future
So, it is time to finish the job
As vice president Biden said in remarks last night
President Yanukovych has a choise
It can choose the path that leads
To division and isolation
Or he can take a lead and take immediate
Tangible steps to defuse his country’s crisis

And start a genuine dialogue with the opposition
And agree on a path that return Ukraine
To economic and political health
While these are challenging times in many ways
We also can’t lose sight in the fact
That this is a time for great optimism
As well you only have to be on the maidan
To feel the energy, to feel the hope of the ukrainians
Coursing through the center of Kiev
And across the country
People are engaging because they know
They have a stake in the future of thier country
We see energy, we see optimism
That simply didn’t exist in ukraine in 20 years ago
People of all ages, of all clases, of all walks of life
Are taking ownership of their future
And coming out of the Streets to demand a European future
They’re doing so peacefully with great courage
And with enormous personal restraint
Since Ukraine’s Independence in 1991
The United State has supported ukrainians
As they build democratric skills and institutions
As they pormote civic participation
And good goverment
All of which are preconditions for ukraine
To achieve its europan aspirations
We’ve invested over 5 billion of dolars
To assist ukraine in these and other goals
That will insure a escure and prosperous

And democratic Ukraine
Today there are senior officials in the ukrainian goverment
In the business community
As well as in the opposition civil society
And the religious community
Who believes in this democratic and european future
For their country
And they’ve been working hard
To move their country and their president
In the right direction
We urge the goverment, we urge the president
To listen to these voices to listen to the ukrainian people
To listen to the euromaidan and take ukraine forward
The support the people in this room
Is absolutely essential
We thank you for all you are doing
We thank you for a partnership all these years
And we look forward to continuing
To stand shoulder to shoulder with you
As we take Ukraine into the future
That it deserves, thank you

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Damas y caballeros, es un gran honor y placer

The assistant secretary state for european

and eurasian affairs Victoria Nuland

Victoria just recently returned from Kiev and

Has an update on the situation

Well thank you Roman

Thank you ladies and gentlemen

Thank you for being here and fr your continued support

For the u.s. Ukraine relationhip

And thank you for the invitation to speak to you today

Still jet-lagged from my third trip in five weeks to Ukraine

In my days in Kievs earlier this weeks

I don’t have to tell this crowd that these are historic

And challenging times for the people of Ukraine

For the Ukrainian American relationship

And for people everywhere who care about the future

Of that great country

The euromaidan movement has come to embody

The principles and values that are the cornerstones

For all free democracies

What began on november 24th

As a protest against president Yanukovych

His decisión to pause on the route to Europe

Has become much deeper and bigger

After bloob was spilled by security forces on november 30th

The movement also became about justice and civil rights

Ukrainians desire to have a goverment to respect them

That listens to them, that protects them

And that provides for them modern democratic goverment

When the ukrainians say they are europan

This is what they mean

and has one very prominent ukrainian businessman said to my

So MAidan movement movements greatest achievement

Is that it has proven that the people of Ukraine

Will not longer support any president

Throughout this period the United State message

has been clear and unequivocal

we stand with the people of Ukraine

in the search for justice human dignity security

a return to economic health

as you know and the Roman said

I returned to Ukraine to my third visit in five weeks

Last Tuesday in support of these very goals

This time conducting parallel coordinated

High level diplomacy with EU high representative Cathy Ashton

With all of the key ukranians stakeholders

They halfway through our visit in the wee hours

of Wednesday december 10th

we witnessed to appalling show of force by goverment forces

who turned riot pólice bulldozers and tier gas

on the maidan demonstrators

and the sangs hymns and prayed for peace

Ukrainians of all ages and backgrouns

Secretary Kerry wasted no time in expressing

The united state discussed at this decision of the ukranian goverment

And by morning the riot police had been forced to retreat

Later that same day I spent more than two hours

With the president Yanukovych

It was a tough conversation