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United States Ambbadador to the UN Nikki Haley at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Russian-speaking crisis Ukrainian Monday. Photo: AFP
United Nations: United States Ambbadador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Russia on Monday that the seizure of three Ukrainian ships was a "scandalous violation of the territory of the United States". Sovereign Ukraine "and urged Moscow to reduce the tensions engendered by its" arrogant "act. Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier Monday, saying his statement "reflected the concerns of the highest level".
"As President Trump has repeatedly said, the United States would welcome a normal relationship with Russia, but outlaw actions like this continue to make it impossible. "said Haley, a Trump cabinet member.
Russia seized two small Ukrainian armored vehicles and a tug, allegedly illegally entering Russi territorial waters of a Kiev declared that its ships had done nothing wrong and had accused Russia of theft. military aggression.
"The United States will maintain its sanctions related to Crimea against Russia. A new escalation of this kind in Russia will only make things worse. This will further weaken Russia's position in the world. "Russia's relations with the United States and many other countries will be aggravated," Haley said.
The Ukrainian Ambbadador to the UN, Volodymyr Yelchenko, called on the international community "to put in place a new set of sanctions to address the situation in the region, including Russian ports from Azov. "He told the Council that increasing political pressure on Moscow would help defuse the situation, but also warned that Ukraine was" ready to use all available means to exercise our right of self-defense. "
Russia's Deputy Ambbadador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy accused Ukraine of planning the incident and hinted that it was because of the popularity of President Petro Poroshenko was weak in the run-up to next year's elections
"How can he maintain power under these circumstances?" Clearly – organize the provocation and accuse again Russia of all, inflate its own odds and propose yourself as the savior of the nation, "said Polyanskiy to the council. "This is to cancel the elections despite all the badurances given by Poroshenko," he said, pointing out that Russia "never bore the first shot, but that she knows how to protect oneself ".
Yelchenko rejected Polyanskiy's remarks about his motives. He told the Council that the incident was "a clear threat to international peace and security" and that Russia was mixing reality and fiction to try to explain what had happened.
UN chief of political affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the Security Council that the United Nations could not.
"We urge the Russian Federation and Ukraine to refrain from any action or rhetoric and remind them of the need to control this incident in order to prevent a serious escalation" , she said. .
The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council met dozens of times during the Ukrainian crisis since the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. It is in the impossibility of take action because Russia is one of the five veto powers of the council.
Ukrainian ships seized by Russia Sunday were trying to enter the Azov Sea from the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea from the Russian mainland.
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