Russia's Security Council proposes Ukraine settlement plan - Lavrov
10 March 2014, 18:38 -- Russia's Security Council has prepared its own Ukrainian settlement proposals for the American partners in to return the situation in that country to the framework of international law and to take the interests of all Ukrainian citizens into account, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
'We are not just passively receiving proposals from our colleagues. We have prepared our own proposals with the Russian Security Council's participation,' Lavrov told President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
'The idea is to bring the situation back into the framework of international law with due account taken of the interests of all Ukrainians without exception, given the current deep state crisis in that country,' he said.
OSCE military observers visits to Crimea must be sanctioned by Crimean authorities, not Russia - FM
The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed surprise at a senior US diplomat's call on Russia to facilitate OSCE military observers' unrestricted movement in Crimea. Daniel Baer is the US envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
'The wording of the call, which has apparently been referred to the wrong address, is quite surprising. Our position is that any of the OSCE's monitoring activity must be agreed upon with the legitimate Crimean authorities,' the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary circulated in Moscow on Monday.
'Another surprising thing is that Mr. Baer has not mentioned the fact that this issue has been discussed under the OSCE framework already. It is true that some of the OSCE's member-countries have sent military observers to Ukraine at the request of the Kiev regime. In this connection, the Russian side officially informed all of the OSCE member-states back on March 5 that it has not allowed visits to Russian military installations located in the Crimea, given the current force-majeure circumstances,' the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
'We hope the American diplomats will pay more attention to truly dangerous and unpredictable incidents, including the uncontrollable spreading of weapons and ammunition which the militants have stolen from ammunition depots, and to reports about several dozen missing Igla portable surface-to-air missile systems,' it said.
Russia also prepared proposals for the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, with due regard for the deep political crisis Ukraine has found itself in.
"We are not passive while receiving our colleagues' proposals, and we have prepared our own proposals on that score. They are aimed at bringing the situation in Ukraine into the international law framework, taking into account the interests of all Ukrainians without exception and with due regard for the deep political crisis Ukraine is facing now," Lavrov said.
As he noted, the US proposals to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are based on an assumed conflict between Moscow and Kiev, and that is something with which the Russian government cannot agree.
'The US Secretary of State John Kerry last Friday handed me the paper that I have already made public. There is a concept in this document that we are not quite happy with, because everything has been formulated as though there is some kind of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as though we admit certain facts really exist,' Lavrov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The foreign partners proposed to start from the situation created by this coup, and to take steps that they deem appropriate under these circumstances.
Russia prepared for US counter measures to solve Ukrainian political crisis - Lavrov
Russian Federation has prepared for the US counter measures to reduce tensions in Ukraine, Sergey Lavrov said Monday.
He also stated that OSCE military observers visits to Crimea must be sanctioned by Crimean authorities and Russia has nothing to do with it.
Moscow also hopes that US diplomats draw their attention to uncontrolled distribution of weapons stolen by Ukrainian gang members.
Voice of Russia, RIA
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