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Press TV, Iran
March 21 2014
Ukraine recalls envoy to Armenia over Crimea
Ukraine's interim government has recalled its ambassador to Yerevan
for consultations after Armenia threw its weight behind Russia's
annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya recalled
Ambassador Ivan Kukhta on Friday, and summoned Armenian Ambassador to
Kiev Andronik Manoukyan Enokovich to express his strong objection over
Yerevan's position.
During a telephone conversation between Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday,
Sargsyan hailed Moscow's annexation of Ukrainian breakaway region of
Crimea and termed it as "a model for the realization of
self-determination."
On Friday, Putin signed into law the documents officially making
Crimea part of the Russian territory.
He also signed legislation creating two new Russian administrative
districts -- Crimea and the port city of Sevastopol.
Earlier, Russia's upper and lower houses of parliament overwhelmingly
put their stamp at the annexation of Crimea into the Russian
Federation.
Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on March 17 and formally
applied to become part of Russia following a referendum a day earlier,
in which 96.8 percent of Crimean residents voted in favor of the
secession. The voter turnout in the referendum stood at 83.1 percent.
The move sparked angry reactions from the United States and the
European Union, both imposing punitive measures against a number of
Russian officials and authorities in Crimea.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/21/355607/ukraine-recalls-ambassador-to-armenia/
March 21 2014
Ukraine recalls envoy to Armenia over Crimea
Ukraine's interim government has recalled its ambassador to Yerevan
for consultations after Armenia threw its weight behind Russia's
annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya recalled
Ambassador Ivan Kukhta on Friday, and summoned Armenian Ambassador to
Kiev Andronik Manoukyan Enokovich to express his strong objection over
Yerevan's position.
During a telephone conversation between Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday,
Sargsyan hailed Moscow's annexation of Ukrainian breakaway region of
Crimea and termed it as "a model for the realization of
self-determination."
On Friday, Putin signed into law the documents officially making
Crimea part of the Russian territory.
He also signed legislation creating two new Russian administrative
districts -- Crimea and the port city of Sevastopol.
Earlier, Russia's upper and lower houses of parliament overwhelmingly
put their stamp at the annexation of Crimea into the Russian
Federation.
Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on March 17 and formally
applied to become part of Russia following a referendum a day earlier,
in which 96.8 percent of Crimean residents voted in favor of the
secession. The voter turnout in the referendum stood at 83.1 percent.
The move sparked angry reactions from the United States and the
European Union, both imposing punitive measures against a number of
Russian officials and authorities in Crimea.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/21/355607/ukraine-recalls-ambassador-to-armenia/