The house of lords criticised the foreign office for policy in Ukraine
The Committee on international relations of the house of lords of the British Parliament, harshly criticized the government's approach to the events in Ukraine.
shows the report States that the assessment of the British foreign Ministry strongly reduced the role of Russia." This resulted disastrously wrong understanding of its position at the start of the fall ", - quotes the printed edition of the head of the Department of the Lord of Tugendhat (Lord Tugendhat Villa).
Former British Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton (Tony Brenton) told the Committee that the foreign policy of the London suffers from poor knowledge of foreign languages by employees of the foreign office. In his vision, It affects the ability of diplomats to respond to current events, and the government complained that After the annexation of Crimea to Russia was unable to obtain timely meeting of employees of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.
The authors of the document believe that in international Ministry lose the ability to think strategically and depth of political culture. With regard to the EU enlargement to the East, lords propose to adhere to this question more realism. They also believe that the rights of Russian minorities in the Baltic States need protection.
Crimea and Sevastopol, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat in Ukraine, held on 16 March 2014 a referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters were in favour of joining Russia. Kiev, despite the results of the referendum, still considers the Crimea territory. After the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, the EU and the United States adopted the first package of sanctions against Russian organizations, bureaucrats and businessmen. Then blacklists repeatedly revised and expanded.
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