Tillerson
Vows Forever Sanctions on Russia
By Stephen Lendman
April 25,
2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- According to acting State Department
spokesman Mark Toner, Tillerson spoke to
(illegitimate US-installed putschist) Ukraine
(puppet) president Petro Poroshenko on Monday.
He reiterated Washington’s firm commitment to
Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
- saying sanctions will remain in place until
Russia returns control of the Crimean peninsula
to Ukraine and fully implements its Minsk
agreement commitments.
Fact: The Republic of Crimea is sovereign
Russian Federation territory. The overwhelming
will of its people by national referendum wants
it no other way.
Fact: In February, Russian Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said “Crimea…belong(s)
to the Russian Federation. We don’t give back
our own territory.”
Fact: Russia and Donbass freedom fighters alone
observe Minsk terms. Kiev putschists
consistently violate them unaccountably.
Fact: As ExxonMobil CEO, Tillerson opposed
sanctions, calling them counterproductive and
ineffective.
On Monday after meeting with Sergey Lavrov, EU
foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called
Russian and EU strategic partnership “surreal”
with sanctions in place.
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The
“full implementation of the Minsk Agreements by
all sides” is a precondition for lifting them,
she said - a pretext for maintaining them. Kiev
is a serial violator.
Lavrov blasted its regime, saying “(t)he
apparent sabotage by (its) leadership of
everything that is written in the Minsk
agreements should meet some (responsible)
reaction from those who patronize this” rogue
state.
Kiev ignores its responsibility under Minsk,
pursuing its own agenda - with support and
encouragement from Washington and key European
nations.
Why is Russia sanctioned for observing Minsk,
not Kiev despite its daily violations, Lavrov
asked?
EU states are subservient to US imperial
interests - maintaining a permanent state of war
in multiple theaters, supporting putschists
running Ukraine.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be
reached at
lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His
new book as editor and contributor is titled
“Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for
Hegemony Risks WW III.”
http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html
- Visit his blog site at www.sjlendman.blogspot.com
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