From the Official Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Statements and speeches):
"The centrality given to
false claims of Russian aggression and incursions by our troops and
armoured vehicles in discussions of the crisis in Ukraine raises a
number of serious questions.
Why do those clamouring
for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council consistently block our
proposals for a comprehensive discussion of the origins of the
Ukrainian tragedy and for collective action on a solution that serves
the interests of all Ukrainian people, and instead treat Ukraine like a
bargaining chip in unilateral geopolitical schemes?
BRUSSELS — A reinvigorated NATO flexed old Cold War muscles Tuesday as
the Atlantic alliance’s chief recommitted to defending Eastern European
and Baltic nations rattled by Russia’s military moves and its annexation
of Crimea.
At the opening of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign
ministers, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance has
not seen signs of Russian troop withdrawals along the Ukraine border,
as Moscow has claimed. A senior U.S. State Department official had
called Russia’s promised pullback a “gesture,” but a welcome one.
JOURNALIST: What stance will you maintain with the troika from here on in?
E. VENIZELOS: On the margins of today’s Meeting of
NATO Foreign Ministers, and ahead of tomorrow’s meeting between the
Greek government and the College of EU Commissioners, I am having a
series of meetings in which my message – Greece’s message, the message
of the Greek people and our government – is very, very clear: We want
substantial, not just rhetorical, acknowledgement of the sacrifices and
great achievements of the Greek people.
