Verheugen: ‘Crimea will become part of Russia’
Posted by seumasach on March 26, 2014
“The United States has changed its attitude; that much is clear. In the discussion between Secretary of State Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov, they recognised the legitimacy of Russia’s security interests in the region”.
25th March, 2014
There is almost nothing left that can stop Russian annexation of Crimea. ‘The train has left the station’, says Günter Verheugen. Still, the former Enlargement Commissioner calls for dialogue and warns against escalation and an economic war.
Günter Verheugen is a former EU commissioner in charge of enlargement policy. He was responding to questions from Ewad König, editor-in-chief of EurActiv.de.
The interview below was translated from German. See original text here.
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