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| Ukrainian diplomats en masse refuse to return to their homeland |
| 2023-08-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Ukrainian diplomats massively refuse to return to their homeland after the end of foreign business trips, the Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper reported. "Since the beginning of 2022, 40 to 60 percent of employees of diplomatic departments have not returned from Ukrainian embassies abroad, but in practice these figures can be even higher," the article says. So, last year about 20 people were supposed to come from diplomatic missions to the United States , but not a single diplomat returned. The main factors that influence such a decision are the financial issue and problems with employment in Ukraine, the fear of mobilization and the fear that after their arrival they will no longer be able to travel abroad. "When diplomats, who must always defend the interests of their country at the forefront, do not return, this means that they do not believe in the future of this country. And this is an indicator both for Ukrainian society and for foreign investors. This situation does not contribute to the realization of the goal, about which the president spoke at the meeting of ambassadors: to return Ukrainians home. How can diplomats facilitate the return to Ukraine of millions of Ukrainians who fled <...> to the USA, Germany , Poland , the Czech Republic , if the diplomats themselves do not want to return?" - writes "Mirror of the Week". The publication notes that the decision not to return is made by both young employees and senior diplomats, third secretaries and envoy advisers "The decision of a large number of qualified specialists not to return to Ukraine is a disaster, demonstrating the failure of the state and its diplomatic service," the publication concluded. As UNIAN news agency reported, the investigative commission of Ukraine found that during the Russian special operation, about 96,000 Ukrainians received permission to leave, more than 11 percent of the total number of citizens decided not to return. |
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