Oksana Markarova
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Oksana Markarova is the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, representing her country during a critical time. This interview reveals her diplomatic approach, focusing on collaboration and understanding across divides to strengthen Ukraine's position on the global stage.
“I was very active with my husband in both revolutions. So in 2004, we were active participants of the Orange Revolution. In 2014, from day one, you know, like I have back home the emails that my former company, both actually former companies, I worked at that time, gave me frames of the email that I sent when Orange Revolution started and…”
“And I always say that we are so grateful to all our friends and partners, but especially to the United States, to all people here from President Biden to administration, to Congress on the very strong bipartisan basis, but also to every American, really, every American that stored with us, supported us, provided so much needed support or…”
“Speak what you want to say, to believe who you want to believe, to love who you want. That should be part of the, you know, normal person, dignity, freedom. But all of that, of course, again, I just have to tell you that during young years, you don't put too much attention to that.”
“Forget and something that is going to be very difficult to completely get used to. So even now when I come back, I've been back already four times since the full-fledged war just recently at the beginning of August. It looks much better now because of the trees, because of the green, because of the flowers.”
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