Kerry: We'll Hold Russia To Account
Speaking at the Senate, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would not hold back from using 21st Century tools to hold Russia accountable for 19th Century behaviour.
新聞背景:
美國國務卿克里譴責俄羅斯干預烏克蘭內政,并聲稱美國已在制定針對俄重要經濟領域的新制裁。
烏克蘭能源和煤炭工業部長在基輔的新聞發布會上說,烏克蘭國家石油天然氣公司自4月1日起暫停從俄羅斯天然氣工業股份公司采購天然氣。
美國國務院說,美國打算與俄羅斯、烏克蘭和歐盟會晤,就烏克蘭東部地區局勢升級舉行磋商。
俄羅斯外交部稱俄沒有在烏克蘭舉行任何不同尋常或計劃外的軍事行動,俄軍在本國境內的日?;顒記]有威脅到美國和其他歐安組織成員國的安全,烏克蘭和美國沒有理由擔憂。俄外長拉夫羅夫則批評美國“轉嫁責任”。
Russia's clear and unmistakably involvement and destablizing and engaging in separative activities in the east of Ukraine is more than deeply disturbing. No one should be fooled, and believe me, no one is fool by what could potentially be contrived pretext from military intervention just as we saw in Crimea. It is clear that Russian special forces and agents have been the catalists behind the chaos in the last 24 hours.Some of them have even be arrested and exposed, and equally as clear must be the reality that United States and our allies will not hesitate to use the 21st century tools to hold Russia accountable for the 19th century behaviors.It is clear that the United States and our closest partners are united in this effort. Despite the costs, and we'll put into effect tough new sanctions on those orgastrating this action and on key sectors of the Russian economy. In energy,banking, mining they are all on the table. it doesn't have to be this way,but it will be this way if Russia continues on this provocative path.my conversation yesterday with foreign minister Lacobav, we agreed to meet soon in Europe next week with Ukraine and our European partners to discuss the escalation demobolization inclusivity, support for elections and constitutional reform and it is not in our judgement as more matter as Russia agreed to set in the four party stellas with Ukraine at the table in the effort to forge road ahead.between now and then we have make it clear that Russia needs to take concete steps to disavow separative actions in the eastern Ukraine, pull back its forces outside its country which they say they have begun to do with the one movement in one bitallion,and demonstrate that they are prepared to do to come to discussions to do what it is necessary to diescalate.