U.S. President Barack Obama expressed a glimmer of hope Wednesday that a referendum on the future of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula can be halted, as he met the head of Ukraine’s acting Prime Minister, Arseny Yatseniuk Just days before Sunday’s Russian-backed referendum. The Crimean regional government, a pro-Russian area, has scheduled a referendum Sunday on whether to become part of Russia or remain in Ukraine with broader powers. After meeting with Ukraine`s new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the White House, President Barack Obama says that if Russia continues an aggressive path in Ukraine, the U.S. and other countries will, be forced to apply costs to Moscow. In his meeting with Yatsenyuk, Obama again warned Moscow there will be consequences if it doesn`t remove its troops from Crimea, while he added that he will stand with Ukraine in ensuring that its territorial integrity is maintained, in a display of support for the fledgling government. Yatsenyuk, the 39-year-old pro-Western official who took control in late February after Ukraine’s pro-Russian president fled after three months of political protests, met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before heading to the White House and later met with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. U.S. Senate Committee Approve Ukraine Aid Package, Russia Sanctions
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:26:21 +0000
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