Telefonat Putin – Obama: Putin weist Vorwurf der Einmischung in der Ukraine zurück

Angesichts der eskalierenden Situation in der Ukraine haben am (heutigen) Montag US-Präsident Barack Obama und der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin (erneut) in einem Telefonat die Lage erörtert. Putin wies dabei den Vorwurf zurück, Russland mische sich im Südosten der Ukraine ein: solche Spekulationen basierten auf unzutreffender Information. Zugleich betonte der russische Präsident in der vom Kreml verbreiteten Meldung über das Gespräch, dass beide Seiten vereinbart hätten, die diplomatischen Bemühungen um eine Beilegung der Krise fortzusetzen.

Die russische Meldung dazu in der englischen, vom Kreml verbreiteten Fassung (vom Weißen Haus gab es bis 2300 MESZ noch keine Erklärung dazu):

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the United States of America Barack Obama.
The leaders discussed various aspects of the crisis in Ukraine, first and foremost in the southeastern regions engulfed by mass protests against the policies of the current authorities in Kiev.
The Russian side stressed that the protests in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov, Slavyansk and other cities in southeastern Ukraine are the result of the Kiev authorities’ unwillingness and inability to take into account the interests of the Russian and Russian-speaking population. Vladimir Putin called upon Barack Obama to use the American side’s capabilities to prevent the use of force and bloodshed.
In response to the US President’s expressed concern about Russia’s alleged interference in southeastern Ukraine, the President of Russia noted that such speculations are based on inaccurate information. The current Ukrainian authorities must think first and foremost about truly involving all the main political forces and regions in a transparent process for developing a new constitution that guarantees the main rights and freedoms for citizens, the nation’s federal structure and its non-aligned status.
The two sides agreed to continue efforts to seek diplomatic cooperation in the context of the Ukrainian situation ahead of the four-party meeting (EU, Russia, US and Ukraine) scheduled to take place in Geneva on April 17.

(Archivbild: President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine, March 1, 2014 – Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)