Western hypocrisy over Ukraine is blown out of proportion, Russia's
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov said in a statement on Monday.
Sergei Lavrov recalled that Moscow was striving for a plausible reaction from the West to the developments in Ukraine for quite a while, but there were only appeals to Russia to refrain from interfering into Ukraine’s domestic affairs in response.
The minister stressed that those who encourage Kiev's actions in applying force against protesters must be held responsible. "The decision to apply military force is an extremely dangerous development. Those, who encourage such actions in Kiev should be held responsible to the full extent," Sergei Lavrov said.
The minister of foreign affairs also pointed to the fact that there was no response from the West yet to Kiev's intention to use army against protesters in South-Eastern Ukraine.
“It is possible to achieve this through a complete constitutional reform,” he added. “The case in hand is that all Ukrainians should be equal in their rights, there would be no subhumans, who are forced to hear daily insults and tolerate humiliation from neo-Nazis,” the minister said.
“Russian-speaking residents in the south and east of the country felt betrayed by those authorities that spoke about freedom, equal rights for all Ukrainians, but haven’t even stirred a finger to start a responsible dialogue with the South-East until the South-East stated that it would not tolerate this situation,” Lavrov said.
“Only in recent days, some actions have been taken, but still these actions were spoiled by the decision to apply force in full extent, including army units,” the head of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated........[itar-tass.com]
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Sergei Lavrov recalled that Moscow was striving for a plausible reaction from the West to the developments in Ukraine for quite a while, but there were only appeals to Russia to refrain from interfering into Ukraine’s domestic affairs in response.
The minister stressed that those who encourage Kiev's actions in applying force against protesters must be held responsible. "The decision to apply military force is an extremely dangerous development. Those, who encourage such actions in Kiev should be held responsible to the full extent," Sergei Lavrov said.
The minister of foreign affairs also pointed to the fact that there was no response from the West yet to Kiev's intention to use army against protesters in South-Eastern Ukraine.
Russia interested in an integral, united, friendly Ukraine
Sergei Lavrov noted that there were no GRU or FSB in Ukraine. “We do not interfere in Ukraine’s domestic affairs. There are no Russian agents, neither GRU, nor FSB,” the minister said. He assured that Russia was for an integral and united Ukraine. “Russia is interested in an integral, united, friendly Ukraine, where all citizens live in peace, exercise their rights, have the possibility to normally interact with their neighbors,” Lavrov said.“It is possible to achieve this through a complete constitutional reform,” he added. “The case in hand is that all Ukrainians should be equal in their rights, there would be no subhumans, who are forced to hear daily insults and tolerate humiliation from neo-Nazis,” the minister said.
“Russian-speaking residents in the south and east of the country felt betrayed by those authorities that spoke about freedom, equal rights for all Ukrainians, but haven’t even stirred a finger to start a responsible dialogue with the South-East until the South-East stated that it would not tolerate this situation,” Lavrov said.
“Only in recent days, some actions have been taken, but still these actions were spoiled by the decision to apply force in full extent, including army units,” the head of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated........[itar-tass.com]
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Obama à Poutine: les forces irrégulières en Ukraine doivent déposer les armes...
ReplyDeleteLe président des Etats-Unis Barack Obama a dit à son homologue russe Vladimir Poutine être "très inquiet" des actions de Moscou en Ukraine et a appelé les forces irrégulières à déposer les armes, lors d'un entretien téléphonique lundi.
"Le président a exprimé sa profonde inquiétude concernant le soutien du gouvernement russe aux actions de séparatistes armés, pro-russes qui menacent d'ébranler et de déstabiliser le gouvernement en Ukraine", a indiqué la Maison Blanche dans un communiqué. M. Obama a également "souligné la nécessité que toutes les forces irrégulières dans le pays déposent les armes, et pressé le président Poutine d'user de son influence avec ces groupes armés, pro-russes pour les convaincre de déposer les armes", ajoute le texte. Lors de cet entretien qui a eu lieu sur demande de Moscou, le président américain a par ailleurs rappelé "l'importance que la Russie retire ses troupes de la frontière avec l'Ukraine afin de faire retomber les tensions", et noté que malgré "la rhétorique" des autorités russes "le gouvernement d'Ukraine a fait preuve d'une retenue remarquable". M. Obama a enfin estimé que "l'isolement grandissant de la Russie sur le plan politique et économique était le résultat de ses actions en Ukraine et souligné que les coûts que la Russie subissait déjà augmenteront certainement si elle poursuit" dans cette voie. Le Kremlin a de son côté déclaré plus tôt dans un communiqué qu'en "réponse aux préoccupations exprimées par le président américain concernant une prétendue ingérence russe dans le sud-est de l'Ukraine, le président russe a observé que de telles spéculations étaient basées sur des informations infondées". Une réunion quadripartite entre la Russie, les Etats-Unis, l'Union européenne et l'Ukraine doit se tenir jeudi à Genève. Des attaques visiblement concertées ont été lancées pendant le week-end contre des bâtiments publics de l'est russophone de l'Ukraine, notamment autour de Donetsk. Des hommes en uniforme armés visiblement entraînés, rappelant selon de nombreux experts les forces qui ont pris le contrôle de la Crimée avant son rattachement à la Russie, ont été vus sur place, et les Occidentaux ont affirmé qu'il s'agissait d'une opération dirigée par Moscou. (Belga)
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