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Russian MFA suggests NATO Secretary General `blind'
May 8, 2014 - 13:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's Foreign Ministry suggested on Thursday, May
8, that NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was "blind" after
he wrote he had seen no signs Russia was withdrawing troops from
Ukraine's border, Reuters reported.
Rasmussen's statement, posted on his Twitter microblog, directly
contradicted the words of President Vladimir Putin who called on
Wednesday on rebels in eastern Ukraine to delay a secession vote and
said that Moscow had withdrawn troops.
"For those with a blind eye we suggest to follow President Putin's
statement of May 7," the ministry tweeted in English in response to
the Rasmussen post.
NATO, the Pentagon and the White House have all said they have seen no
evidence of Russian troops being withdrawn from the border with
Ukraine.
Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest ebb since
the Cold War over Ukraine. Putin had previously proclaimed the right
to send troops into the east of the country to defend Russian speakers
there.
From: Baghdasarian
May 8, 2014 - 13:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's Foreign Ministry suggested on Thursday, May
8, that NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was "blind" after
he wrote he had seen no signs Russia was withdrawing troops from
Ukraine's border, Reuters reported.
Rasmussen's statement, posted on his Twitter microblog, directly
contradicted the words of President Vladimir Putin who called on
Wednesday on rebels in eastern Ukraine to delay a secession vote and
said that Moscow had withdrawn troops.
"For those with a blind eye we suggest to follow President Putin's
statement of May 7," the ministry tweeted in English in response to
the Rasmussen post.
NATO, the Pentagon and the White House have all said they have seen no
evidence of Russian troops being withdrawn from the border with
Ukraine.
Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest ebb since
the Cold War over Ukraine. Putin had previously proclaimed the right
to send troops into the east of the country to defend Russian speakers
there.
From: Baghdasarian