North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Chief: Russian Federation Must Withdraw …
By Daren Flores on Sep 21, 2015 with Comments 0
He will also hold talks with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the parliamentary speaker, and will attend a meeting of Ukraine´s National Security and Defence Council, it said.
Media Advisory 21 September 18:00 (local time) Joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the global Peacekeeping and Security Centre of the Ukrainian Army Academy in Yavoriv This press conference will be available live via satellite and on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation website.
“The heavy weapons are still there… they continue to support the separatists“, Stoltenberg told reporters before inaugurating joint disaster management exercises between Ukraine and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries near the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Former president Viktor Yanukovich was pressed from office by street protests previous year – events described by the Kremlin as a coup – after moving the country closer to Moscow and eschewing a partnership deal with the EU.
Any move by Ukraine towards NATO membership would stir ire in Moscow, which has accused the organisation of increasingly trying to hem it in following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Kyiv and the West say Russian Federation has sent troops and weapons to fuel the separatist conflict that has killed more than 7,900 people in Ukraine’s east since April 2014.
A new ceasefire that came into force on September 1 has nearly entirely stopped the fighting along the volatile frontline.
“The truce will last at least until Putin’s trip to the General Assembly”, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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