Ukrainian officials refused to testify before Congress to investigate impeachment Trump for not wanting to interfere in another country's internal affairs.

"We don't have anything to do in this," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters in Kiev on October 29. "We will not go to US Congress, not comment."

Prystaiko said the relationship between Kiev and Washington has not changed since the US House Democratic Party tried to investigate the impeachment of the President, saying that both sides use diplomatic channels both official and unofficial. awake is normal. Ukraine's foreign minister said that Kiev needs an official request from Washington to open an investigation.

When asked if Ukraine received a request to investigate Burisma, the energy company where the son of former US Vice President Biden was a member of the Board of Directors, Prystaiko said the question should be for the prosecutor's office. .

The statements were made by Secretary of State Prystaiko in the context of the US Democratic Party's efforts to conduct an investigation to impeach President Trump, regarding a phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky in July.

In a telephone conversation, Trump was supposed to urge Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate's top candidate in the 2020 White House race. for personal political gain.

Former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testified regarding the phone call. Trump criticized the Democratic investigation as a "witch hunt".