Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has offered former British prime minister Tony Blair a job as an advisor as he continued his overhaul of government staff, seeking to increase his country’s effectiveness in responding to Russian aggression.
Since last summer, in a bid to increase Kiev’s political ties with the West and strengthen Ukraine’s diplomatic hand with Russia, Poroshenko’s government has approached several high-profile political figures from abroad to become advisors and even officials. Earlier this year Poroshenko set up the Advisory International Council of Reforms, admitting the likes of former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt, former Slovak prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda …read more
Source: Newsweek
