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22 May 2010
Kavkaz Center
America will defend the Ukrainian status of Crimea and Sevastopol, said US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow.
"We are continuing to support Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, including Crimea and Sevastopol", he said in an interview with the Ukrainian weekly Comments.
"We have said many times before that we do not accept the notion of a "sphere of influence" or a "sphere of privileged interests" in the modern world ... Thus, we intend to continue to develop our partnership with Ukraine", said the representative of the US government.
Earlier, Russian leader Medvedev called "wise" the European reaction to the agreement between Russia and the pro-Moscow president of Ukraine about the naval base of the Russian fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol.
According to the Russian leader, "this agreement is a contribution to European security". Answering the question whether Ukraine needs to fear to fall into the sphere of geopolitical influence of Russia, Medvedev said that it had already fallen into it: "There's nothing to fear, everything is absolutely OK".
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U.S. WARNS RUSSIA IT WOULD DEFEND CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL
