Een bron binnen Klimkin's ministerie heeft intussen aan het persbureau Interfax laten weten dat de regeringsleiders van de vier landen elkaar wellicht toch nog spreken over de kwestie in de Kazachse hoofdstad Astana. ''Alles is nog mogelijk als de ministers maandag tot afspraken kunnen komen'', aldus de bron.
De regeringsleiders ontmoeten elkaar komende donderdag in Astana. Zowel de Duitse bondskanselier Angela Merkel als de Franse president Francois Hollande uitten onlangs hun twijfels of een bespreking van het conflict in Oost-Oekraïne zinvol is als niet duidelijk is of zo'n overleg tot resultaat leidt.
Bron: Interfax
"We
won't survive the coming years if someone loses their nerve in this
overheated situation," added Gorbachev, 83. "This is not something I'm
saying thoughtlessly. I am extremely concerned."Tensions between
Russia and Western powers rose after pro-Russian separatists took
control of large parts of eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed Crimea in
early 2014. The United States, NATO and the European Union accuse
Russia of sending troops and weapons to support the separatist
uprising, and have imposed sanctions on Moscow.Russia denies
providing the rebels with military support and fends off Western
criticism of its annexation of Crimea, saying the Crimean people voted
for it in a referendum.Gorbachev, who is widely admired in
Germany for his role in opening the Berlin Wall and steps that led to
Germany's reunification in 1990, warned against Western intervention in
the Ukraine crisis."The new Germany wants to intervene
everywhere," he said in the interview. "In Germany evidently there are a
lot of people who want to help create a new division in Europe."The
elder statesman, whose "perestroika" (restructuring) policy helped end
the Cold War, has previously warned of a new cold war and potentially
dire consequences if tensions were not reduced over the Ukraine crisis.The
diplomatic standoff over Ukraine is the worst between Moscow and the
West since the Cold war ended more than two decades ago. - See more at:
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2015/01/09/Gorbachev-warns-major-war-Europe-over-Ukraine#sthash.Ry9LTpIP.dpuf
"We
won't survive the coming years if someone loses their nerve in this
overheated situation," added Gorbachev, 83. "This is not something I'm
saying thoughtlessly. I am extremely concerned."Tensions between
Russia and Western powers rose after pro-Russian separatists took
control of large parts of eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed Crimea in
early 2014. The United States, NATO and the European Union accuse
Russia of sending troops and weapons to support the separatist
uprising, and have imposed sanctions on Moscow.Russia denies
providing the rebels with military support and fends off Western
criticism of its annexation of Crimea, saying the Crimean people voted
for it in a referendum.Gorbachev, who is widely admired in
Germany for his role in opening the Berlin Wall and steps that led to
Germany's reunification in 1990, warned against Western intervention in
the Ukraine crisis."The new Germany wants to intervene
everywhere," he said in the interview. "In Germany evidently there are a
lot of people who want to help create a new division in Europe."The
elder statesman, whose "perestroika" (restructuring) policy helped end
the Cold War, has previously warned of a new cold war and potentially
dire consequences if tensions were not reduced over the Ukraine crisis.The
diplomatic standoff over Ukraine is the worst between Moscow and the
West since the Cold war ended more than two decades ago. - See more at:
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2015/01/09/Gorbachev-warns-major-war-Europe-over-Ukraine#sthash.Ry9LTpIP.dpuf
"We won't survive the coming
years if someone loses their nerve in this overheated situation," added
Gorbachev, 83. "This is not something I'm saying thoughtlessly. I am
extremely concerned."Tensions between Russia and Western powers
rose after pro-Russian separatists took control of large parts of
eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed Crimea in early 2014. The
United States, NATO and the European Union accuse Russia of sending
troops and weapons to support the separatist uprising, and have imposed
sanctions on Moscow.Russia denies providing the rebels with
military support and fends off Western criticism of its annexation of
Crimea, saying the Crimean people voted for it in a referendum.Gorbachev,
who is widely admired in Germany for his role in opening the Berlin
Wall and steps that led to Germany's reunification in 1990, warned
against Western intervention in the Ukraine crisis."The new
Germany wants to intervene everywhere," he said in the interview. "In
Germany evidently there are a lot of people who want to help create a
new division in Europe."The elder statesman, whose "perestroika"
(restructuring) policy helped end the Cold War, has previously warned of
a new cold war and potentially dire consequences if tensions were not
reduced over the Ukraine crisis.The diplomatic standoff over
Ukraine is the worst between Moscow and the West since the Cold war
ended more than two decades ago. - See more at:
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2015/01/09/Gorbachev-warns-major-war-Europe-over-Ukraine#sthash.Ry9LTpIP.dpuf
A
war of this kind would unavoidably lead to a nuclear war," the 1990
Nobel Peace Prize winner told Der Spiegel news magazine, according to
excerpts released on Friday.
"We won't survive the coming years if someone loses their nerve in this overheated situation," added Gorbachev, 83. "This is not something I'm saying thoughtlessly. I am extremely concerned."Tensions between Russia and Western powers rose after pro-Russian separatists took control of large parts of eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed Crimea in early 2014. The United States, NATO and the European Union accuse Russia of sending troops and weapons to support the separatist uprising, and have imposed sanctions on Moscow.Russia denies providing the rebels with military support and fends off Western criticism of its annexation of Crimea, saying the Crimean people voted for it in a referendum.Gorbachev, who is widely admired in Germany for his role in opening the Berlin Wall and steps that led to Germany's reunification in 1990, warned against Western intervention in the Ukraine crisis."The new Germany wants to intervene everywhere," he said in the interview. "In Germany evidently there are a lot of people who want to help create a new division in Europe."The elder statesman, whose "perestroika" (restructuring) policy helped end the Cold War, has previously warned of a new cold war and potentially dire consequences if tensions were not reduced over the Ukraine crisis.The diplomatic standoff over Ukraine is the worst between Moscow and the West since the Cold war ended more than two decades ago. - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2015/01/09/Gorbachev-warns-major-war-Europe-over-Ukraine#sthash.Ry9LTpIP.dpuf
"We won't survive the coming years if someone loses their nerve in this overheated situation," added Gorbachev, 83. "This is not something I'm saying thoughtlessly. I am extremely concerned."Tensions between Russia and Western powers rose after pro-Russian separatists took control of large parts of eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed Crimea in early 2014. The United States, NATO and the European Union accuse Russia of sending troops and weapons to support the separatist uprising, and have imposed sanctions on Moscow.Russia denies providing the rebels with military support and fends off Western criticism of its annexation of Crimea, saying the Crimean people voted for it in a referendum.Gorbachev, who is widely admired in Germany for his role in opening the Berlin Wall and steps that led to Germany's reunification in 1990, warned against Western intervention in the Ukraine crisis."The new Germany wants to intervene everywhere," he said in the interview. "In Germany evidently there are a lot of people who want to help create a new division in Europe."The elder statesman, whose "perestroika" (restructuring) policy helped end the Cold War, has previously warned of a new cold war and potentially dire consequences if tensions were not reduced over the Ukraine crisis.The diplomatic standoff over Ukraine is the worst between Moscow and the West since the Cold war ended more than two decades ago. - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2015/01/09/Gorbachev-warns-major-war-Europe-over-Ukraine#sthash.Ry9LTpIP.dpuf
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