A group of NATO diplomats will assemble Monday for an “extraordinary meeting” with Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukraine’s naval clash over the weekend with Russia off the coast of Crimea, the alliance announced.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg scheduled the NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting at the request of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Stoltenberg summoned the commission after Russian forces fired on Ukrainian vessels entering the Kerch Strait, a key waterway connecting the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Russia has tightened control of the area since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, which “gave it control of both sides of the strait,” as AFP explained.
“The Secretary General expressed NATO’s full support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, including its full navigational rights in its territorial waters under international law,” the NATO bulletin said.
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A group of NATO diplomats will assemble Monday for an "extraordinary meeting" with Ukrainian officials.
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❗️BREAKING❗️#NATO NAC statement on #AzovSea:
✅@NATO stands w/ #Ukraine🇺🇦
✅no justification for 🇷🇺 use of force
✅call on 🇷🇺 to release 🇺🇦sailors
✅full support to 🇺🇦 sovereignty
✅condemn #Crimea🇺🇦 annex.
✅#KerchBridge is a 🇷🇺 violation
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