United States reaffirmed their commitment to preserve the “Ukrainian” sanctions against Russia
WASHINGTON, March 8. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Kirsanov/. The new American administration is ready to impose new sanctions imposed on Moscow after the reunification of the Crimea with Russia and a sharp deterioration of the situation in the Donbass. This was confirmed on Tuesday at a regular briefing for journalists acting head of the press service of the state Department mark Toner.
Commenting at the request of the correspondent of TASS earlier in the day in Washington, the U.S. Secretary of state talks Rex Tillerson and foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, Toner said that the meeting “concentrated on the internal problems of Ukraine.”
During her Tillerson also expressed “concern (USA) for the continuing implementation “of Minsk,” said Toner. In addition, according to him, the foreign Ministers of the two countries “spoke about the efforts relevant to the ongoing Ukrainian government reforms.”
Along with this, the Toner continued, “Tillerson reiterated the strong commitment of the United States” relations with Ukraine and “to ensure that all parties, including Russia, comply with the Minsk commitments.” Us sanctions will remain, “as long as Russia does not fulfill (requirements) how the East of Ukraine and Crimea,” said Toner. Policy details of the new US administration headed by President Donald trump he didn’t.
Meanwhile, Tillerson at the January hearing before the Committee on foreign Affairs of Senate of the U.S. Congress did not exclude recognition of the reunification of the Crimea with Russia if the current situation around the Peninsula will be resolved acceptable to Ukraine. Tillerson responded affirmatively to a direct question about whether he considers “illegal occupation” of Crimea and its “annexation” reunification of the Peninsula with Russia. “Yes, I do,” said Tillerson.
In this regard, it asked whether the situation continue to develop in such a way that the US will never recognize the reunification of Crimea with Russia, as was the case with the entry of the Baltic republics into the USSR. “The only way by which it (recognition) can occur is the development of a broader agreement that would satisfy the Ukrainian people. In the absence of this we will never recognize (the reunification of the Crimea with Russia),” said Tillerson.
March 11, 2014 Supreme Council of Crimea and the Sevastopol city Council on the background of political crisis and regime change in the Ukraine adopted the Declaration on independence of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol. March 16 on the Peninsula with a turnout of over 80% held a referendum, the results of which for the reunification with Russia voted 96,77% of voters of the Republic of Crimea and 95.6% of Sevastopol. March 18, was signed the agreement on the adoption of new constituent entities in the Russian Federation. Ukraine, USA and EU refused to recognize the independence of Crimea and its reunification with Russia.