As delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter February 15, 2022 Mr. Chair, The United States welcomes the decision by Ukraine to call for this meeting. Ukraine is well within its rights under Chapter III, paragraph 16.2 of the Vienna Document to ask for detailed information on the goals of the Russian Federation’s large-scale and highly unusual military buildup ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 15 February, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: OSCE, Ukraine
Seven Years of Illegal Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation As delivered by Chargé d’Affaires Courtney Austrian to the Permanent Council, Vienna March 4, 2021 Thank you, Mr. Chair. Seven years ago, after protests in Kyiv brought an end to the corrupt Yanukovych regime, Moscow inflicted ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 4 March, 2021 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: Crimean peninsula, Crimean Tatar people, Illegal Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, OSCE, Sanctions
As prepared for delivery by Ambassador Philip T. Reeker to the OSCE Side Event on Crimea Tirana, Albania (remotely, via Zoom) December 3, 2020 Thank you, Foreign Minister Kuleba. It is an honor to speak at this event today and to join Ukraine and other partners in highlighting Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, including its ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 7 December, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador Philip T. Reeker, Crimea, OSCE
Press Statement Robert Palladino Deputy Spokesperson Washington, DC March 26, 2019 The United States welcomes the appointment of Ambassador Yasar Halit Cevik of Turkey as Chief Monitor of the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM). As the OSCE marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the SMM, we recognize the crucial visibility it provides ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 26 March, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Yasar Halit Cevik, OSCE, OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release READOUT April 23, 2017 The following is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Mark Toner,: Secretary Tillerson phoned Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko today to discuss his recent trip to Moscow and his message to the Russian leadership that, although the United States is interested in improving ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 23 April, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News | Tags: OSCE, Rex Tillerson, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
We join OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Chief Monitor Ambassador Apakan in his unequivocal condemnation of yesterday’s attack on SMM monitors and theft of SMM UAV by Russia-led separatists. The SMM fulfills a critical role in observing military actions and movements along the line of contact, and its work helps save civilian lives. SMM monitors should ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 25 February, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Apakan, OSCE, OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), SMM
July 29, 2016 Brussels Media Hub Moderator: Thank you so much and greetings to everybody from the U.S. Department of State. I would like to welcome all of you who have dialed in on this Friday morning from across Europe and I’d like to thank you for joining in today’s discussion. We are pleased this ...
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By U.S. Embassy Kyiv | 29 July, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, News | Tags: Ambassador Baer, Ambassador Pyatt, OSCE, Ukraine
