Sergey Lavrov in the British Guardian newspaper: Its not Russia that is destabilizing Ukraine The west is whipping up tension – if we dont co-operate soon, chaos may take hold Massive support was provided to political movements promoting western influence, and it was done in direct breach of the Ukrainian constitution. Kiev was seized undemocratically, through violent street protests conducted with the direct participation of ministers and other officials from the US and EU countries, writes the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the British Guardian newspaper. The world of today is not a junior school where teachers assign punishments at will. Belligerent statements such as those heard at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on 1 April do not match demands for a de-escalation. De-escalation should begin with rhetoric. Last November we supported Kievs wish for urgent consultations between Ukraine, Russia and the EU to discuss harmonizing the integration process. Brussels flatly rejected it. This stand reflected the unproductive and dangerous line the EU and US have been taking for a long time. They have been trying to compel Ukraine to make a painful choice between east and west, further aggravating internal differences. Western States have carried out successive waves of NATO enlargement, moved the alliances military infrastructure eastward and begun to implement antimissile defense plans. We support the appeal by foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland to implement the 21 February agreement. Their proposal is to hold Russia-EU talks with the participation of Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership states about the consequences of EU association agreements. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/sergei-lavrov-russia-stabilise-ukraine-west
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:46:38 +0000
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