The U.S. ambassador to the UN, Samantha Powers and his British counterpart, Lyall Grant, February 22, at the United Nations in New York. | AP / Bebeto Matthews
A sentence with the mission to go to the Crimea, the Special Envoy of the UN in Ukraine, Robert Serry, turned around. After contact with the authorities of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said in a statement the Dutch diplomat, he quickly concluded "a visit to Crimea today is impossible." His announcement came shortly before the Russian President Vladimir Putin gets the green light from the Council of the Federation for a military intervention in Ukraine.
Mandated by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to "make contact" Serry - who was the first ambassador of his country stationed in Kiev - was formally charged with "convey a message" for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and the "need to reduce tension" and return to dialogue.
The escalation of the situation, its mission lasted only a few days. It is expected to Geneva where he must report this Sunday, his visit to Mr. Ban. Will he invested with a new mission, and brought back to Ukraine just returned? Everything will depend on the outcome of the consultations of the Security Council of the UN in New York, called Saturday afternoon for an emergency meeting on Ukraine. The second two days.
"LOWERING TENSION"
During the first closed consultations, Friday, February 28, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power had requested urgent dispatch of an "international mediation mission", "independent and credible" Crimea "to begin to lower the tension and facilitate a peaceful and productive political dialogue between all Ukrainian parties. "An idea immediately rejected by his Russian counterpart Vitaly Churkin, recalling that Moscow had "principle not to accept mediation imposed."
The United States is " very concerned about a Russian military deployment in Crimea " and they " ask Russia to withdraw military forces were gathered " for Ukrainians can " decide their own destiny," insisted Ms. Power told reporters after consultations . At no time , however , the 15 member countries will have even described the deployment of "aggression ," as claimed by the authorities in Kiev. "We have an agreement with Ukraine on the presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and act within the framework of this agreement," stated Mr. Churkin , referring to the agreement of Budapest 1994.
Moscow was opposed to the holding of the first emergency meeting requested by Ukraine , after taking control of airports in the Crimea by armed men , and sought to obtain a postponement.
The Russian Ambassador had called for a postponement of 24 hours, to gather more information about the reality of the situation , judging the media reports " exaggerated" . "We observed separatism in Crimea , which comes largely from Russia ," said Ukrainian envoy to UN Yuriy Sergeyev , before concluding : "I think we are strong enough to defend ourselves. We have a strong feeling that we are acting properly . "
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