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CRISIS IN UKRAINE CAUSED BY INTERNAL FACTORS, NOT BY RUSSIA -- PUTIN
March 13, 18:42 UTC+4
At a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council Thursday
President Vladimir Putin said the crisis in Ukraine was caused by
internal factors, not by Russia ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Klimentyev
Putin meets Russia's Security Council members SOCHI, March
13. /ITAR-TASS/. The crisis in Ukraine was caused by internal factors,
not by Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members
of the Russian Security Council on Thursday, March 13.
"Naturally, we cannot ignore the developments surrounding Ukraine,
Crimea and this complex problem. I want to stress that this crisis
was not caused by us, but we are involved in it one way or another,"
the president said.
"This is primarily an internal Ukrainian crisis. Unfortunately, we
all understand that we have got involved in these events one way or
another," he added.
"Let's think together how we should build relations with our partners
and friends in Ukraine and with our partners in Europe and the United
States," Putin said.
He noted that Ukraine had not been initially on the agenda of the
meeting. "The first and scheduled [issue] is the development of
relations between the Russian Federation and Central American and
Caribbean countries," Putin said, suggesting that it be discussed
first.
Attending the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, presidential
chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin,
Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, his deputy Rashid
Nurgaliyev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Federal Security
Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service
chief Mikhail Fradkov, and permanent member of the Russian Security
Council Boris Gryzlov.
March 13, 18:42 UTC+4
At a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council Thursday
President Vladimir Putin said the crisis in Ukraine was caused by
internal factors, not by Russia ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Klimentyev
Putin meets Russia's Security Council members SOCHI, March
13. /ITAR-TASS/. The crisis in Ukraine was caused by internal factors,
not by Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members
of the Russian Security Council on Thursday, March 13.
"Naturally, we cannot ignore the developments surrounding Ukraine,
Crimea and this complex problem. I want to stress that this crisis
was not caused by us, but we are involved in it one way or another,"
the president said.
"This is primarily an internal Ukrainian crisis. Unfortunately, we
all understand that we have got involved in these events one way or
another," he added.
"Let's think together how we should build relations with our partners
and friends in Ukraine and with our partners in Europe and the United
States," Putin said.
He noted that Ukraine had not been initially on the agenda of the
meeting. "The first and scheduled [issue] is the development of
relations between the Russian Federation and Central American and
Caribbean countries," Putin said, suggesting that it be discussed
first.
Attending the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, presidential
chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin,
Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, his deputy Rashid
Nurgaliyev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Federal Security
Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service
chief Mikhail Fradkov, and permanent member of the Russian Security
Council Boris Gryzlov.