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UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY THREATENS WORSENING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
YEREVAN, March 21. / ARKA /. Armenia's recognition of Moscow's
annexation of the Crimea will have negative consequences for the
Ukrainian-Armenian relations, deputy foreign minister Daniel Lubkivskyy
said in Kiev, UNIAN news agency reports.
In a telephone conversation on March 19, Armenian and Russian
presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, said the referendum
in Crimea in which about 96 percent of eligible citizens voted
to split from Ukraine, was another example of people's rights to
self-determination through free expression of will.
Lubkivskyy said Armenian ambassador to Ukraine was twice invited to
the ministry of foreign affairs to be conveyed Ukraine's concerns. He
said appropriate instructions were given also to Ukrainian embassy
in Armenia.
He said a note of protest was handed to the Armenian ambassador in
which Kiev demands clarification on Yerevan's official position. He
said official Kiev would ask Armenia to "inform officially and publicly
that it does not recognize the annexation of the Crimea."
He said if Armenia's response is interpreted as unfriendly, it would
have negative consequences for bilateral relations.
In response to a question whether Kiev may break off diplomatic
relations with Armenia Lubkivskyy said: "Negative consequences have a
wide range that will be applied after we receive the official position
of the Armenian side."-0-
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, March 21. / ARKA /. Armenia's recognition of Moscow's
annexation of the Crimea will have negative consequences for the
Ukrainian-Armenian relations, deputy foreign minister Daniel Lubkivskyy
said in Kiev, UNIAN news agency reports.
In a telephone conversation on March 19, Armenian and Russian
presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, said the referendum
in Crimea in which about 96 percent of eligible citizens voted
to split from Ukraine, was another example of people's rights to
self-determination through free expression of will.
Lubkivskyy said Armenian ambassador to Ukraine was twice invited to
the ministry of foreign affairs to be conveyed Ukraine's concerns. He
said appropriate instructions were given also to Ukrainian embassy
in Armenia.
He said a note of protest was handed to the Armenian ambassador in
which Kiev demands clarification on Yerevan's official position. He
said official Kiev would ask Armenia to "inform officially and publicly
that it does not recognize the annexation of the Crimea."
He said if Armenia's response is interpreted as unfriendly, it would
have negative consequences for bilateral relations.
In response to a question whether Kiev may break off diplomatic
relations with Armenia Lubkivskyy said: "Negative consequences have a
wide range that will be applied after we receive the official position
of the Armenian side."-0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/ukrainian_foreign_ministry_threatens_worsening_rel ations_with_armenia/#sthash.as27GdOj.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian