Lavrov Urges De-Escalation in Ukrainian Crisis
February 14, 2014 • 9:43AM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an article published in the Kommersant
daily, on Thursday, that any attempt to force the Ukrainians to decide
for the West would end like all those attempts in the past, which "have
always ended in failures."
"Attempts to decide for the citizens of Ukraine what the future of their state should be and even who should be in their government appear doomed," Lavrov wrote, adding that "this social engineering is bound for poor results... Look at the consequences from external interference in Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya." No "'export of revolution' from Europe would result in anything positive" either, Lavrov says.
Moscow hoped the European Union would respect the Ukrainians' right to choose their future. "We were unpleasantly surprised where it turned out that in the understanding of the EU and U.S. representatives the 'free choice' had been made for Ukrainians and it meant clearly their 'European future,'" he said.
"The actions of Ukraine's anti-governmental forces have been demonstrating more actively their nationalistic, extremist moods, and the anti-Russian rhetoric of certain circles has been merging with anti-Semitic, racist slogans," Lavrov wrote, warning that "this means that along with the government and the opposition's leaders, supported by Western countries, there emerge other forces, which are in fact not controlled by anyone, and which seem not to be about to follow civilized standards of behavior."
The Russian Foreign Minister warned that "the stirring up of the situation in the country, which is situated in the center of the European continent, is not likely to be in anybody's interests."
"Attempts to decide for the citizens of Ukraine what the future of their state should be and even who should be in their government appear doomed," Lavrov wrote, adding that "this social engineering is bound for poor results... Look at the consequences from external interference in Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya." No "'export of revolution' from Europe would result in anything positive" either, Lavrov says.
Moscow hoped the European Union would respect the Ukrainians' right to choose their future. "We were unpleasantly surprised where it turned out that in the understanding of the EU and U.S. representatives the 'free choice' had been made for Ukrainians and it meant clearly their 'European future,'" he said.
"The actions of Ukraine's anti-governmental forces have been demonstrating more actively their nationalistic, extremist moods, and the anti-Russian rhetoric of certain circles has been merging with anti-Semitic, racist slogans," Lavrov wrote, warning that "this means that along with the government and the opposition's leaders, supported by Western countries, there emerge other forces, which are in fact not controlled by anyone, and which seem not to be about to follow civilized standards of behavior."
The Russian Foreign Minister warned that "the stirring up of the situation in the country, which is situated in the center of the European continent, is not likely to be in anybody's interests."
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