President notes role of Ukrinform as objective and reliable source of information

President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine in the current post-truth situation, together with the whole democratic world, has to fight for every fact and the role of Ukrinform in this process is extremely important.

He stated this during a special meeting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian National News Agency Ukrinform, held at the Kyiv City State Administration.

"In the current post-truth situation, Ukraine, together with the whole democratic world, has to fight literally for every fact, for every fair assessment, for every true information, for the right of citizens to receive this truthful, reliable and objective information. I stress that the role of Ukrinform in this process is extremely important. That is why today at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ukrinform my place is here,” said Poroshenko.

Commenting on the 100-year history of the agency, Poroshenko noted that one hundred years ago, state officials of the then Ukraine saw the same techniques of the Russian hybrid war.

The President emphasized that Ukrinform, together with independent Ukraine, became a modern authoritative news agency that knows how to find  and publish the latest news about Ukraine and the world to the readers.

"It is very important that the agency is not afraid of competition, that the agency is a school of staff, and most importantly - that the agency is an objective and reliable source of information," Poroshenko stressed.

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