Moscow. November 11. INTERFAX - Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov believes that the Charter on Strategic Partnership between the United States and Ukraine signed on November 10 is aimed at aggravating the situation.
"The document is a set of slogans, and harmful ones at that. There is an obvious focus on aggravating the situation, and not on reducing tension. In addition, in almost every line there is a geopolitical charge to counteract Russia," he said, answering a question from journalists. The text of the response is posted on the embassy's Facebook page.
"Any intention to see Kiev in NATO is unacceptable to us. Plans to supply weapons to the "Kiev regime" will only aggravate the situation in the south-east of Ukraine. We believe that another opportunity has been missed to force Kiev to stop the war," Antonov stressed.
"It is alarming that today's meeting in Washington took place against the background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Black Sea. The NATO naval and air forces are testing the strength of our army and navy. This is a waste of time and effort," the Ambassador said.
"I want to believe that the US-Ukrainian agreements are not Washington's retreat from the "spirit of Geneva." It was there that the American side confirmed the need to implement the Minsk agreements, which, by the way, are not mentioned in the Charter," Antonov stressed.
