U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Tang Ferid, in charge of European and Eurasia, said before weekends said that the United States has deep concerns about the "large -scale and unusual" transfer of Russian forces in the Ukrainian border area.
(Washington Comprehensive News) It is reported that the United States is considering using the NATO Foreign Minister's meeting held this week to formulate and respond to Russia's common strategy to Ukraine's military pressure.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Tang Ferid, in charge of European and Eurasian affairs, said before weekends that the United States has deep concerns about the "large -scale and unusual" mobilization of Russian forces near the Ukraine border area.
Donfred said that the United States is considering a series of response options, and also hopes to use the NATO Foreign Minister's meeting on Tuesday to discuss joint response measures for NATO.
The NATO Foreign Minister Conference held in Latvia Capital on Tuesday did provide a collective opportunity to deal with Russia's provocative behavior.Although Ukraine is not a member of NATO, Donfred confirmed that Ukraine will attend the NATO Foreign Minister's meeting on the Ukrainian situation.
The Wall Street Journal quoted the non -famous US officials that before the NATO Foreign Minister meeting, the US government had discussed within the U.S. government that if Russia took military operations on Ukraine in the next few months, the United States may make a response option.These options include providing more military equipment, including air defense weapons, to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities; at the same time, more severe economic sanctions on Russia are imposed.
Other options take some measures to reduce the risk of confrontation with Moscow, including the restriction of the US military exercise in Europe and the suspension of military assistance to Ukraine.
Tang Freud helped Qing said, "We have a toolbox containing various options." "We will start discussing which options can put on the table, which options are NATO as a whole to commonly can commonly can work togetherThe measures taken. "
The Wall Street Journal said that the United States is also considering strengthening the role of the United States in the Minxk agreement. This agreement is in 2014 Russia's annexation of Crimea and continued to support the separation of the Wudong region.In the case, in order to resolve the crisis, it was reached by Ukraine, Russia and European countries.
The Wall Street Journal quotes US officials as saying that strengthening diplomatic efforts to be attractive to those countries within NATO internally that they hope to maintain political dialogue with Moscow, and it is also conducive to forming a unified position within NATO.
The White House National Security Consultant Shalv on Friday with the Ukrainian Presidential Office, the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office called Yeermack.A statement issued by the White House afterwards expressed concern about Russia's military activities, and at the same time called on the "parties" to reduce tensions through diplomacy.
A report from the Wall Street Journal says that Russia will not be able to invade Ukraine at present.After the United States' concern is that after Russia strengthened its military power deployment in Russia and Ukraine, it will facilitate the addition of more troops and equipment to the Russian army in the future, thereby strengthening the military options of the Klimlin in the event of a sudden incident.
