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If Putin Stands for Ukraine's Integrity, His Words Should be Trusted:Merkel
If Putin Stands for Ukraine's Integrity, His Words Should be Trusted:Merkel
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine during the... 18.12.2014, Sputnik International
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If Putin Stands for Ukraine's Integrity, His Words Should be Trusted:Merkel
23:00 GMT 18.12.2014 (Updated: 23:51 GMT 18.12.2014) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine during the recent telephone conversations with the leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine, his words should be trusted.
BRUSSELS, December 19 (Sputnik) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine, his words should be trusted.
16 December 2014, 23:02 GMT
"If he [the Russian President] says he is committed to the territorial integrity of Ukraine, we have to trust his word and work on it," Merkel said after the EU summit in Brussels.
She added that such a statement was made by the Russian leader during the recent telephone conversations with the leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured Kiev that Moscow never regarded Donetsk and Luhansk provinces — the self-proclaimed people’s republics, or DPR and LPR — as yet "another Crimea."
He vowed that Russia respects Ukraine’s integrity, but added that Crimea, historically a Russian territory with a majority Russian population, was a "unique" case.
