Guest speaker at the Seminar "Investment opportunities in Ukraine"

Regent Pacific Group, Claridges Hotel, 11.11.96

Mr. Chairman (Sir James Mellon), Your Excellency (Mr Roy Reve), Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

First of all, let me thank the organisers for inviting me as a guest speaker though I feel myself in London in a friendly atmosphere as at home and I hope very much that my British colleague, Mr Roy Reve feels the same in Ukraine. Relations between our two countries are very good indeed. And one of the signs was the Prince of Wales's visit to Ukraine in which I participated and which, I feel, was a big success. I have just come from Kiev after the Royal visit and that's why, unfortunately, I haven't heard the morning speakers. Unfortunately, because I can not refer or comment what was said at the conference this morning.

Conference on Ukraine, The University of Birmingham, June 13, 1996

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen

It is a great honour for me to open this conference today. Speaking in football terms my mission is to kick-off discussion on Ukraine. So, like a good game of Euro-96, I hope this discussion will be worth to participate in and to listen to.

When addressing the participants of conferences like this one, ambassadors are in a somewhat privileged position - first of all because they speak unchallenged and also because the audience is fresh. So I promise that the next speaker on this rostrum will find you as fresh as you are now, and not overburdened with facts and figures - you will have enough of it during the discussion. What I want to do is to explain or remind you briefly what makes Ukraine a special country for a close-up review.

Ambassador of Ukraine - Inauguration of Ukrainian Art Exhibition “Realism and Impressionism from Ukraine”

in the presence of HRH Duke of Gloucester.

London, Cork Gallery, November 06, 1995

 It gives me an immense pleasure to address you at this gallery during the private view of the art exhibition “Realism and Impressionism from Ukraine”. As you all will agree this is a rare occasion for the British public to view the works of Ukrainian artists. However, there is a hope that such presentations of Ukrainian art will become frequent events in this country.

З АРГУМЕНТАМИ ДИПЛОМАТА СПЕРЕЧАТИСЯ ВАЖКО

 Лист посла України на сторінках «Таймс» (27.05.1994)

 Лондон. Посол України у Великобританії Сергій Комісаренко виступив на сторінках впливової лондонської «Таймс» з листом, у якому висловив незгоду з опублікованим «старійшиною англійського друку» редакційним коментарем. «Неспокійний Крим».

Протест з боку українського дипломата спричинений самою спрямованістю вищезгаданої публікації, намаганням її анонімного автора пов'язати нинішнє загострення становища в Криму з помилками та непослідовністю Києва у проведені свого загальнополітичного курсу на всій території республіки. «Ваш редакційний коментар, — полемізує С. Комісаренко з «Таймс», — демонструє відверту підтримку кримського сепаратизму і здатний мимоволі дати зрозуміти безвідповідальним політикам Криму, що ви надихаєте їх на відокремлення півострова».