{"id":7262,"date":"2023-05-26T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2023-05-26T19:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:26:47","slug":"russia-summons-senior-u-s-diplomat-to-protest-on-his-remarks-on-supporting-attack-on-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/russia-summons-senior-u-s-diplomat-to-protest-on-his-remarks-on-supporting-attack-on-crimea\/2023\/05\/26\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia summons senior U.S diplomat to protest on his remarks on supporting attack on Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> summoned<\/span> a<\/span> senior<\/span> U.S.<\/span> diplomat<\/span> to<\/span> protest<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> National<\/span> Security<\/span> Advisor<\/span> Jake<\/span> Sullivan’s<\/span> comments<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> “effectively<\/span> supporting<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Crimea”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> Peninsula<\/span> was<\/span> occupied<\/span> by<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> unilaterally<\/span> annexed<\/span> by<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> in<\/span> 2014,<\/span> although<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> internationally<\/span> recognized<\/span> as<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> territory.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“It<\/span> is<\/span> time<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> government<\/span> to<\/span> learn<\/span> that<\/span> any<\/span> form<\/span> of<\/span> aggression<\/span> against<\/span> Russia<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> met<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> best<\/span> possible<\/span> response,”<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sullivan<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> specify<\/span> which<\/span> comments<\/span> he<\/span> disagreed<\/span> with,<\/span> but<\/span> when<\/span> asked<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> interview<\/span> with<\/span> CNN<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> whether<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> should<\/span> have<\/span> weapons<\/span> that<\/span> could<\/span> hit<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> targets<\/span> in<\/span> Crimea,<\/span> Sullivan<\/span> said:<\/span>\u00a0“Yes.<\/span> We<\/span> do<\/span> not<\/span> place<\/span> any<\/span> restrictions<\/span> on<\/span> our<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> attack<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> territory<\/span> within<\/span> our<\/span> internationally<\/span> recognized<\/span> borders.<\/span> \u201cWe<\/span> have<\/span> said<\/span> we<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> allow<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> US<\/span> or<\/span> Western<\/span> systems<\/span> to<\/span> attack<\/span> Russia,<\/span> and<\/span> we<\/span> believe<\/span> Crimea<\/span> is<\/span> Ukraine.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> has<\/span> reported<\/span> a<\/span> spate<\/span> of<\/span> drone<\/span> strikes<\/span> and<\/span> attacks<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> internationally<\/span> recognized<\/span> territory<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> weeks,<\/span> including<\/span> Tuesday’s<\/span> cross-border<\/span> raid<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Belgorod<\/span> region<\/span> blamed<\/span> on<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> militants.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to protest White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s comments that he was “effectively supporting the attack on Crimea”. The Black Sea Peninsula was occupied by Russia and unilaterally annexed by Ukraine in 2014, although it is internationally recognized as Ukraine territory. “It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,26,2480],"tags":[4328,4426,5468,5469,5470,5471,5472,5473],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-3-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7267,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions\/7267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}