Foreign Ministry: Russia agitating the OSCE high Commissioner for objectivity
RF agitating the OSCE high Commissioner on national minorities Astrid SARS to adhere to the principles of objectivity and balance, told in the Russian international Ministry.
on the last working day of the week in Basel on the margins of the meeting of the Council of foreign Ministers of the OSCE passed soveshenee Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexei Meshkov with the OSCE high Commissioner on national minorities Astrid SARS. During the meeting the sides touched upon the issues of ensuring the rights of national minorities in the OSCE area.
" with his own hand, attracted the attention of the high Commissioner to issues such as statelessness, the growing manifestations of racism, intolerance and neo-Nazism in several European countries. Called Astrid SARS in their work to adhere to the principles of objectivity and balance in Accordance with the primary focus of the Institute early warning and conflict prevention on a national basis, according to the report, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In the spring of SARS visited Ukraine, the results of the visit, the high Commissioner stated that concerned about the situation in Crimea and the difficult situation of the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian residents. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed bewilderment such estimates and said that " the position of the OSCE high Commissioner forced to question her readiness impartially and objectively assess the situation in Ukraine ".
Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions according to the results of the March referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters were in favour of secession from Ukraine's reunification with Russia. The USA, EU and partner countries do not recognize the reunification of Russia and the Crimea, they have imposed sanctions against the parts authorized by the Russian Federation and organizations. The head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin before he called the West's response to the Crimea to Russia absolutely inadequate to the fact that it was because the norms of international law were not violated.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the region's population. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 3 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured.
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