Demographic crisis is one of Ukraine’s biggest challenges - Mustafa Nayyem

Demographic crisis is one of Ukraine’s biggest challenges - Mustafa Nayyem
15 September 2018

The demographic crisis is as big a challenge as corruption for Ukraine, MP Mustafa Nayyem has said.

“Corruption is not the only problem. I think that the biggest problem for our generation is that, based on research studies, Ukraine’s population will shrink by another 8 million in 20 years. These people must be returned to our country,” he said at the 15th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The MP added only the young generation of politicians have the solution to this challenge. “Who should these people rely on in the future? On us. We are doing everything to ensure their return,” Nayyem said.

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Arawak Energy, Hillmont Partners, lifecell, International Renaissance Foundation, Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF).

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Bob Seely
Member of Parliament; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons of the UK, YES Special meeting in Kyiv on February 24th, 2024 “Two Years - Stay in the Fight”
«There are massive strategic issues facing Ukraine – and the most critical is the supply of weapons. The most important relationship for Ukraine is with international governments, but you also need to communicate to the people in those countries what you lack.»