Obama’s speech delivered at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels has raised a lot of eyebrows as US President claimed yesterday that Kosovo held a UN-assisted referendum for self-determination. He used this example to hit out against Russias reunification with Crimea. The president also argued that the comparison between Crimea and Kosovo makes no sense. Russian leaders have further claimed Kosovo as a precedent, an example, they say of the West interfering in the affairs of a smaller country … But NATO only intervened after the people of Kosovo were systematically brutalized and killed for years. And Kosovo only left Serbia after a referendum was organized not outside the boundaries of international law, but in careful cooperation with the United Nations with Kosovo’s neighbors. None of that even came close to happening in Crimea, Obama said at the EU-US summit, thus turning his speech into a highly discussed issue. Read more: voiceofrussia/news/2014_03_28/Obama-falsely-claims-Kosovo-secession-involved-UN-backed-referendum-7685/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:06:57 +0000
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