The \u201cillegitimate\u201d and \u201cillegal\u201d nature of the referendum held in Crimea on Moscow\u2019s impetus was voiced in the unified responses of Europe and the United States. The \u201cmessage to Moscow is to avoid any further action needed to annex Crimea\u201d, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said. The response consists of several measures but also of an explicit recommendation not to close the door to dialogue, the only way that can lead to a political-diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine. The conclusions of the Council of EU Foreign Ministers read: \u201cThere is still time to reverse current developments. Opportunities exist to avoid a negative spiral\u201d, reiterating the \u201cobjective of developing the EU-Russia relationship, based on mutual interest and respect for international law\u201d, warning Russia that \u201cany further steps by the Russian Federation to destabilise the situation in Ukraine would lead to additional and far-reaching consequences for relations…\u201d.<\/P>
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Targeted Measures<\/STRONG><\/P> \u201cOur priority and our objective is to avoid Russia\u2019s falling into international isolation\u201d, said Minister Mogherini, commenting on the conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council, which approved 6-month measures targeting 21 politicians and military personnel, \u201c13 Russians and 8 Ukrainians\u201d from Crimea, considered responsible for acts that undermined the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Of the 21 persons targeted by EU measures, such as travel bans and asset freezing, \u201cnone are members of the government, nor journalists or representatives of firms or agencies\u201d, Mogherini reported, specifying that the list included the names of \u201cthree military personnel\u201d. <\/P> Leaders to decide on EU-Russia Summit<\/STRONG><\/P> Minister Mogherini also said that the decision on the possible cancellation of the 34th EU-Russia summit planned for Sochi \u201cwill be taken by the heads of government\u201d at the summit on Thursday next. The announcement of the White House\u2019s decision was almost contemporaneous with that of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.<\/P> Measures against those responsible<\/STRONG><\/P> \u201cWe have established further sanctions against those responsible for the violations of Ukraine sovereignty\u201d, said US President Barack Obama, referring to the freezing of the assets of several highly placed Russian officials, which include close collaborators of Vladimir Putin and the former Ukraine President himself Yanukovych. At the same time, the US president reiterated that he still considered diplomacy a valid route for resolving the crisis in Ukraine.<\/P> EU-Ukraine association agreement<\/STRONG><\/P> On Friday, during the European Council leaders meeting, the \u201cpolitical chapter\u201d of the EU-Ukraine association agreement will be signed. Minister Mogherini pointed out the emergence of \u201cthe need in the coming weeks to assist the Kiev government in its process of inclusiveness and democratisation\u201d. This because \u201cthere is concern\u201d about the ability \u201cto maintain and further develop an inclusive approach to all minorities and regions in the country\u201d. From this standpoint, the Minister added that it was \u201cnecessary\u201d that \u201cin the coming days\u201d the Kiev government launch \u201ca series of constitutional and economic reforms that will allow for the activation of a European aid package\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cillegitimate\u201d and \u201cillegal\u201d nature of the referendum held in Crimea on Moscow\u2019s impetus was voiced in the unified responses of Europe and the United States. The \u201cmessage to Moscow is to avoid any further action needed to annex Crimea\u201d, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said. The response consists of several measures but also […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,76,42],"class_list":["post-13823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-europa","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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