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President Basescu: Romania calls on Russia to cease any military operation against Ukraine
Romania calls on Russia to cease any military operation against Ukraine, President Traian Basescu told a press conference at the Presidential Cotroceni Palace on Sunday evening.
'Romania considers that any presence of the Russian Federation's troops on Ukraine's territory, without its consent and violating the existing bilateral agreements and subsequent notifications, is an aggression against Ukraine. At this moment, we consider that Ukraine is being assaulted by the military forces of the Russian Federation. Romania considers that the signatory states to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum have the obligation to immediately start negotiations to restore international legality, including the Russian Federation ceasing any moves on Ukraine's territory. This agreement between the U.S., Great Britain and the Russian Federation represents, in our view, alongside the relevant international legislation, the guarantee for Ukraine's independence and sovereignty,' the head of state said.
'Romania calls on the Russian Federation to cease any military operation against Ukraine and come back into line with the provisions of the Kiev and Kharkiv Agreements, signed between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in 1997 and 2010 respectively. These are the agreement on the stationing of the Russian Fleet in Sevastopol,' Basescu also said.
He pointed out that Romania unreservedly backs Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
President Traian Basescu is deeply worried about ongoing situation in Crimea
The emergence of a new frozen conflict located in Crimea is likely to exacerbate regional instability, thus causing tensions that can lead to armed conflicts included, and from this point of view Romania considers that its own security is subject to risks in the medium and long term, President Traian Basescu said.
'At present, the situation in Ukraine is not a direct and immediate threat to Romania's security, Romania's independence and territorial sovereignty. At the same time, Romania draws attention to the fact that the emergence of a new frozen conflict located in Crimea (...) is likely to exacerbate regional instability, thus causing tensions that can lead to armed conflicts included. From this point of view, Romania considers that its own security is subject to risks in the medium and long term,' President Basescu told a press conference at the Presidential Cotroceni Palace on Sunday evening.
Romania's President Traian Basescu is deeply worried about the ongoing situation in Crimea and about the separatist movement that is amplifying in the region and appeals to all international players to not support and to not encourage separatism in Crimea.
'As Romania has repeatedly said, Ukraine's statehood, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity are values in keeping with the public international law that must be observed by all states which recognized Ukraine's independence in 1991, the more so the signatories of the 1994 agreement in Budapest,' according to a press release sent by the Presidential Administration on Friday. According to the above-mentioned source, Basescu reiterates the support for easing off tension and for installing the new authorities elected by the Supreme Rada, considering that violence can generate fear and resentments to the population that was sorely tried in the battle for democracy and freedom.
'Romania is open to answer to all requests made by the new government installed in Kiev, which will have the entire support for the stabilization and reconstruction of Ukraine, for solving the serious problems it faces when removing the current power void,' reads the above-mentioned release.
Russia not seeking conflict with a NATO member state, thus Romania not a target
Russia is not seeking a conflict with a NATO-member state, Romania is categorically not a target of a possible act of aggression against Ukraine, President Traian Basescu told ProTv private broadcaster on Sunday.
'By no means Russia is seeking a conflict with a NATO-member state. Romania is definitely not a target of a possible aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. A very clear message was conveyed so as to prevent unnecessary agitation in Romania ... We are already thinking about going to war. No! It will not be the case! In terms of security, Romania's borders are safe, secure and protected. (...) Romania is once again engulfed by conflicts, in a region of conflict if the situation in Ukraine escalates and in an area of instability. In the south, in the Balkans, there is Bosnia and Herzegovina, where people are in the streets, there is the Ukraine crisis, Moldova with a Transnistria launching challenges against the Chisinau administration, a Gagauzia that held a referendum to join the Eurasian Union, with a Communist Party in the Republic of Moldova seeking to give rise to a conflict in northern Moldova this time, so opposite to Gagauzia, in Balti, for the Eurasian path of the Republic of Moldova,' Traian Basescu said at the 'After 20 years' talk-show aired on ProTv.
According to him, there is a risk that the region could be introduced into an area of instability and as a result Romania's funding costs will increase.
'The direct investments will decline. This is the domain where we shall suffer the consequences. There are no risks to independence, territorial sovereignty as far as Romania is concerned. There cannot be such risks,' the head of state said.