烏克蘭堅決否認曾爲波羅申科總統見川普而向其律師支付鉅款

Ukraine is bitterly denying a BBC report that it paid Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, $400,000 to set up a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Poroshenko's office calls the story a "blatant lie, slander and fake." Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko tells VOA he is "very sorry" to hear that even "the most notable Western media outlets don't abide by the principle of balanced reporting and don't attempt to get the other side of the story."

According to the BBC, Poroshenko desired to meet with Trump in 2017. He wanted to open a so-called back channel to Trump because Ukrainian lobbyists in Washington could only arrange a brief photo opportunity and handshake. Poroshenko wanted much more and something that could be portrayed as full talks with the U.S. president.

The BBC said two Poroshenko intermediaries paid Cohen at least $400,000 and as much as $600,000 to set up the meeting.

There is no indication Trump knew about the payment.

There has been no comment from the White House on the BBC report. Cohen and the two Ukrainian intermediaries have denied it.烏克蘭憤怒地否認英國廣播公司BBC一篇有關烏克蘭爲了安排一次川普總統和烏克蘭總統波羅申科的會見而向川普總統的律師科恩支付了40萬美元的報道。

波羅申科總統辦公室稱這篇報道爲“彌天大謊、誹謗、不實之詞”。烏克蘭總檢察長盧森科對美國之音說，他“十分遺憾”地得知，就連“最知名的西方媒體也不遵循平衡報道的原則，也不試圖瞭解消息的另一面”。

英國廣播公司的報道說，波羅申科2017年想與川普總統會面。他想打開一個接觸川普總統的後門，因爲華盛頓爲烏克蘭遊說的人士只能安排一次簡短握手與合影的機會。報道說，波羅申科想要的更多，想要一個能夠被視爲與美國總統正式會談的機會。

英國廣播公司說，波羅申科的兩個中間人爲了安排這樣的會見向科恩支付了至少40萬美元，甚至可能高達60萬美元。

沒有任何跡象顯示川普總統知曉這次付款。

白宮沒有就英國廣播公司的這篇報道發表評論。科恩和兩個烏克蘭的中間人都表示否認。