KIEV, Feb. 22 – The government crisis in Ukraine has adversely impacted the opinion of Western countries about the ability of Kiev to conduct reforms, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"It [the government crisis] has no effect on the current operations of the ministry - the protection of national interests and the deterrence of the Russian aggression. And I am not saying this as some slogan but speak from the point of view of our activity. Yet the situation clearly has an effect on our friends and partners' vision of what has been going on in Ukraine and its capacity to maintain the dynamics and depth of the reforms," Klimkin said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.