Fragment in limba româna, de pe
DeCe News, al unei scrisori oficiale, trimisa de diplomatul Kurt Volker catre Departamentul de Stat, dezvaluita de Wikileaks. Scrisoarea pe care o prezint si in limba engleza a fost scrisa dupa reuniunea NATO de la Bucuresti din anul 2008.
„La Consiliul Summit-ului NATO-Rusia din data de 4 aprilie, Putin, aflat în ultimele zile ale mandatului de președinte, a contestat integritatea teritorială a Ucrainei, sugerând că Ucraina este o creație artificială cusută din teritoriul Cehiei, Poloniei, României și în special Rusiei în matematica de după cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial. El a declarat că “Crimeea a fost pur și simplu dată Ucrainei prin decizia Politburo-ului Comitetului Central al Partidului Comunist Sovietic. Nu au existat proceduri de stat privind transferul acestui teritoriu, din moment ce noi avem o abordare foarte calmă și responsabilă a acestei probleme”. Putin a pretins că 90% din locuitorii Crimeii sunt ruși, 17 dintre cei 45 de milioane de cetățeni ucraineni sunt ruși, și că Ucraina a câștigat o parte mare din teritoriul său din Est și Sud, pe cheltuiala Rusiei. El a mai spus, “dacă adăugăm chestunea NATO și alte probleme, însăși existența statului ar putea fi sub amenințare”. Mai departe, Putin a pus la îndoială vechile granițe și valoarea conducerii politice din țările vecine, în timpul discursului său susținut la 9 august la Vladikavkahz. Provocările Rusiei referitorare la integritatea teritorială a statelor vecine sunt incompatibile cu Actul Fondator NATO-Russia, Declarația de la Roma, și au însemnătate puternic diferită în lumina acțiunilor miltare ale Rusiei din Georgia”
S E C R E T USNATO 000290
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/05/2017
TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
SUBJECT: UKRAINE, MAP, AND THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT
Classified By: Ambassador Kurt Volker for reasons 1.4 (b), (d)
¶1. (S/NF) Summary: As NATO Foreign Ministers gather to
discuss the Georgia crisis, we also need to look ahead at the
implications for Ukraine,s territorial integrity and its bid
for a Membership Action Plan. President Putin challenged
Ukraine,s territorial integrity rhetorically at the
Bucharest Summit. Those words are now cause for greater
concern as we look at Russia,s actions in Georgia. We
therefore need to give a strong boost to Ukraine,s
territorial integrity, reaffirm the Bucharest decision that
Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO, and begin to
shape Allied thinking on a decision about Membership Action
Plan this December. End Summary.
2 (S/NF) Events in Georgia are coloring Allies' views of
Ukraine and its membership prospects at NATO. Allies are
divided on their perception of how the Bucharest Summit
pledge of future membership to Georgia and Ukraine affected
the current crisis. The German-led Allies argue that the
Bucharest decision on eventual membership
provoked the Russian aggression, while most others (including
the new members and Canada) see it as we do: that Russia
interpreted the denial of MAP as a green light for action
against Georgia.
¶3. (S/NF) In the April 4 NATO-Russia Council Summit, Putin in
his last days as Russian President implicitly challenged the
territorial integrity of Ukraine, suggesting that Ukraine was
an artificial creation sewn together from territory of
Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, and especially Russia in
the aftermath of the Second World
War. He stated, "the Crimea was simply given to Ukraine by a
decision of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee. There haven't even been any state
procedures regarding transfer of the territory, since we take
a very calm and responsible approach to the problem." Putin
claimed that 90 percent of inhabitants of the Crimea are
Russian, 17 out of 45 million Ukrainian citizens are Russian,
and that Ukraine gained enormous amounts of its territory
from the east and south at the expense of Russia. He added,
"if we add in the NATO question
and other problems, the very existence of the State could
find itself under threat." Putin further questioned old
borders and the worthiness of political leadership in
neighboring countries during his August 9 Vladikavkahz
speech. These Russian challenges to the territorial
integrity of neighboring states are inconsistent with the
NATO-Russia Founding Act, the Rome Declaration, and take on
profound new meaning in light of Russian military actions in
Georgia.
¶4. (S/NF) NATO needs to be mindful of the connective tissue
between events in Georgia, Putin's threatening language on
the territorial integrity of its neighbors, and Ukraine,s
(and Georgia,s) MAP aspirations. For many Allies, the
Georgia-Russia conflict provides new impetus to moving
Ukraine into MAP and toward NATO membership, provided
Ukraine continues to request it. Conversely, if the Kremlin
achieves all of its objectives in Georgia with few
consequences and its international reputation intact - as
Germany and others would have it - this may only embolden
Russia to increase its bullying behavior towards Ukraine and
others in the neighborhood.
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