Ukraine envoy 'regrets' UK move on Euro 2012
- Published: 8 Jun 2012 at 16.48
- Online news: Sports
Ukraine's ambassador to London on Friday criticised a decision by British ministers not to attend group stage games of Euro 2012 because of concerns about "selective justice" in Ukraine.
Ukraine's then Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy pictured at NATO headquarters in Brussels in December 2007. Khandogiy, now Ukraine's ambassador to London, on Friday criticised a decision by British ministers not to attend group stage games of Euro 2012 because of concerns about "selective justice" in Ukraine.
"As far as that being a reason for not attending, this is something I don't understand since I believe that sport and politics, they don't mix," Volodymyr Khandogiy told BBC radio ahead of the tournament's first game.
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