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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:40 PM Feb 2014

US Calls For Technocratic Government In Ukraine

The United States Monday stopped short of fully endorsing Ukraine's interim leader Oleksandr Turchynov as its legitimate ruler, but called for a technocratic government in Kiev to promote early elections.

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Carney said that the White House had seen that the Ukrainian parliament had "lawfully elected its new speaker" and supported efforts to get the political situation under control and "ensuring that the institutions of government are working."

Asked whether the United States therefore saw Turchynov as the legitimate leader of Ukraine, Carney simply repeated the phrase that Washington had seen he had been elected leader of parliament.

President Barack Obama's spokesman said the United States was preoccupied with promoting a non violent process in Ukraine that resulted in a multiparty technocratic government that could help move towards early elections.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-calls-for-technocratic-government-in-ukraine-2014-2
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