Azarov wants more truth about Ukraine for Europe

KYIV, June 15 /UKRINFORM/. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at a meeting on Thursday with Euronews CEO Michael Peters said that he is interested in bringing more reliable information about Ukraine to Europe. That is why, in his opinion, it is necessary to develop the Ukrainian version of Euronews.

"We are interested in developing relations with Euronews, and would like to see information about Ukraine be first of all objective... We want Europe to know more about Ukraine," Azarov underscored.

According to him, EURO 2012 has given more opportunities to open Ukraine to the West, deny the previously distributed information about the alleged prosperity of racism, crime, high prices in Ukraine and so on, which scared away tourists.

"However, many fans have come, and have been living in Ukraine for a week now, and they made sure that there is no racism, nobody is killed here, and the prices are quite affordable, lower than in Europe, and everything is not as bad as they imagined," the premier said.

Azarov also noted that he likes the political and economic news by Euronews, although he takes information from various media. Azarov added that he likes the heading of culture. "I am your supporter," he said.

Peters, in turn, expressed interest in receiving prompt comments from members of the Ukrainian government for the Euronews channel.