Saturday, February 7, 2015

Biden met with Poroshenko – Our Diary

The Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, as well as Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, stressed Today in Munich, the Ukrainian people have the right to self-defense against aggression from Russia. Both politicians obarczyli Moscow responsibility for the conflict.

In a speech to the Munich Security Conference Biden, referring to an earlier statement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that the conflict in Ukraine can not be solved by military means .

– We believe, however, that Russia has no right to act in such a way as it is now – he noted.

He said that the United States will continue to support Ukraine supply “for security of the equipment.”

Poroshenko appealed to the West for “concrete support for the independence of Ukraine – political, economic, but also military.” As the Ukrainian president said, he expects the supply of arms for his country, was violated because the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, guaranteeing the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Biden supported the peace initiative of Chancellor Merkel and French President François Hollande. Warned that Washington will judge Vladimir Putin on his deeds, not words. He stressed that the US goal is not weakening or even lead to the collapse of the Russian economy.

The American politician reminded that at the end of the Cold War, the United States sought to make Russia’s integration with the world. Manifestation of these efforts was the creation of the NATO-Russia Council. – Unfortunately, President Putin has chosen a different path – said Biden. He emphasized that Russia is responsible for “fundamental change in the world.”

RP, PAP

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Biden met with Poroshenko – Our Diary

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