Boris Johnson: Ukraine should host the next Eurovision

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"Ukraine can and should host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest," he said. Boris Johnson, after organizers said they were in talks to hold it in Britain, which won second place due to the war with Russia.

Decades of tradition is the winner of Eurovision to host next year, but organizers said they would discuss the host with second-placed UK for security reasons. The Guardian.

"Of course I would like to be in this country, but the fact is that they have won and they deserve it. "I believe they can organize it and they should be allowed to," Johnson told reporters after arriving in the UK after visiting Kyiv.

The European Broadcasting Union has decided: Eurovision 2023 will not be held in Ukraine

"I believe Kyiv or any other safe Ukrainian city would be a fantastic place for that," he said.

"In a year, everything will be fine during Eurovision and I hope the Ukrainians will get it," he added.

The organizer of the competition, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that it was talking to the British television "BBC" about the organization of the next Eurovision Song Contest, which met with disappointment in Kyiv, which demanded further negotiations.

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