Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on the phone after the referendum in the Crimea. Now it is a matter to stabilize the situation together, it was subsequently from the Kremlin. Some day soon, again travel to Ukraine OSCE observers.

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have called each other again on Sunday evening after the Crimean referendum. Putin reiterated his actions on the peninsula. He described the referendum as “lawful” and pointed to the right of people to self-determination, such as the Kremlin announced on Sunday night. The referendum, voted in about 95.5 percent of the Crimean population for union with Russia, am in “full compliance with the norms of international law”.

The West criticized the referendum on the peninsula , however, sharply , calling it illegal. Obama stressed that ” Crimean referendum ” will never be recognized by the United States and the international community , including the White House announced on Sunday evening. It is contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine and came about only because of the military presence of Russia.
Together with European partners, the United States was willing to punish Russia’s actions at additional cost. Obama also emphasized that it would continue to be the will , this crisis diplomatically and resolve in the interests of Russia and Ukraine.

Obama reiterated that a diplomatic solution , however, could not be achieved as long as the Russian military incursions continued in Ukrainian territory . He also said that the Russian military exercises on the Ukrainian border would only exacerbate tensions .

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was still willing to cooperate with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Ukrainian government to find a diplomatic solution.

Crimea Crisis Diplomacy:”Dangerous and destabilizing”

Previously, the U.S. government had called Russia’s actions as “dangerous and destabilizing .” The world community must do together clear that no country should tear parts of another country per se , a spokesman for Obama declared .

According to the Kremlin , Putin and Obama are , however, been agreed that it is necessary in spite of the differences , work together to find a way to stabilize the situation in Ukraine. Putin had also expressed concern that the Ukrainian leadership does nothing take against violence by ultra-nationalist and radical groups that also Russian -speaking people meet .

In the telephone call, Obama and Putin have also discussed the possible use of an observer mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE) , it was said from Moscow . Putin suggested to extend this mission to all regions of Ukraine.

According to government spokesman Steffen Seibert suggested Chancellor Angela Merkel , Putin , to extend the existing OSCE Presence in Ukraine and quickly to send a large number of observers , particularly in the eastern Ukraine .

Crimea Crisis Diplomacy:Prevent escalation of the crisis

Clear words came from Frank -Walter Steinmeier ( SPD) : Opposite the ” Bild” newspaper announced the Foreign Minister a significant response of the European Union. ” On the international law referendum in the Crimea , Europe will be a clear and definite answer ,” Steinmeier said. The situation was ” highly dangerous”. Prepared Already entry bans and account lockouts against political leaders in Russia and the Crimea . The foreign ministers of the European Union wanted this Monday impose sanctions against Russia .

However, ” now all efforts into to avoid a further escalation ” would , Steinmeier added. This includes the deployment of additional international observers to Ukraine. An OSCE observer mission was the ” next right step ,” said the foreign minister.

Even France and the UK have criticized the vote in the Crimea sharp. British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the government in Moscow to talk with the leadership in Kiev and resolve the crisis within existing international laws.

The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called the referendum a message as illegal. Moscow must immediately take steps to prevent an escalation of the crisis.

Crimea Crisis Diplomacy:”Dark day in the history of Russia”

Also, the Ukrainian presidential candidate Vitali Klitschko expressed clearly in relation to the ” Bild” newspaper . He described the 16 March as the ” dark day in the history of Russia.” He was ” concerned that the Russian attacks against Ukraine will go further , even beyond the Crimea beyond ” .

” The Crimea is Ukrainian and remains ,” said Klitschko. He was ” saddened mitanzusehen what Russian propaganda served ” have . All people from the Ukraine, who fought for freedom, had been ” flat rate shown as right-wing extremists ” . Russia had ” started invasion against Ukraine ” with ” shameless lies ” a .

The U.S. government had Moscow dissuade them intensively attempted in recent weeks to support the incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation . The referendum , the project was cemented. On Monday should be decided on a recording in the Russian Federation at a special meeting of the Regional Parliament in Simferopol the application . ” A delegation is in Moscow the process of accession to discuss Russia “, said Prime Minister Sergei Aksenov with in Simferopol.

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