Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback | Reuters
米ロ外相、緊張打開へウクライナ政府の関与必要との認識で一致 | ワールド | Reuters
米国のケリー国務長官は３０日、ロシアのラブロフ外相とパリで４時間にわたり会談し、ウクライナ問題の緊張拡大回避に向けて協議したと述べた。
終了後の記者会見でケリー長官は、両国には隔たりがあるが「外交的解決を見出すことの重要性を認識しており、同時にウクライナ国民の要望をかなえることの重要性でも一致した」と述べた。
長官は、ロシアのクリミア併合を米国は依然として違法かつ正当性がないと判断していると指摘。ウクライナ国境にロシア軍が集結していることは威嚇行為であり「強い懸念」を示したことを明らかにした。
インタファクス通信によると、ラブロフ外相は「少数民族の権利と言語の保護を進めるためにウクライナ政府と国民とともに対応することで（米国と）合意した」と述べた。
ウクライナ問題の外交的解決に向けた共通の立場を確立するため、「接点」を模索する必要があるとの点でも合意したことを明らかにした。
両外相ともウクライナ政府の関与が必要であるという点で一致しており、ロシア通信によるとラブロフ外相は「ロシアも米国も、あるいはいかなる者も、ウクライナに特定の計画を押し付けることはできない」と指摘。ケリー長官も「ウクライナの正当な政府が参加しないまま進めることは受け入れられない」と述べた。
アメリカのケリー国務長官とロシアのラブロフ外相は３０日、フランスのパリで会談し、事態を外交的に解決するための方法を巡って意見を交わしました。
会談のあと、ケリー国務長官は、ロシアがウクライナ国境付近に大規模な部隊を集結させていることについて「ウクライナの人々に恐怖と脅しを与えており、対話と外交による解決のための環境作りを妨げている」と述べて、強い懸念を伝えたことを明らかにしました。さらに、ロシア側が、ロシア系住民が多いウクライナ東部の自治権を拡大させるため、連邦制の導入を主張していることについて「ウクライナの人々が自分たちで決めることであり、われわれが決めることではない」と述べました。
これに対して、別に記者会見したラブロフ外相は、ウクライナ国境沿いの部隊については言及しませんでしたが、「ウクライナのすべての地域の利益を守るためには連邦制の導入が最も重要だと考えている」と述べて、改めて連邦制の必要性を訴え、双方の立場の違いが浮き彫りになりました。
ただ、両者はウクライナ情勢を巡る緊張を緩和するため、改めて会談することで合意したということで、今後、事態の打開につながるのかどうかが注目されます。
Lavrov, Kerry discussed Ukraine constitutional reform, fair elections ― RT News
Although expressing different points of view on the roots of Ukraine crisis, Russia and the US have agreed to seek common grounds to deescalate tensions and implement necessary reforms, having in mind that Ukrainians themselves should decide their future
“We have conducted intensive negotiations in the first place, on the crisis in Ukraine,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after 4 hours of negotiations with his US counterpart. “Expressed dissenting views on its causes, but agreed to seek common ground to resolve the situation in Ukraine.”
The ministers shared with each other their suggestions on how to deescalate the situation but both agreed that the Ukrainian people should take the leading role in deciding their own future.
“We have agreed to work with the Ukrainian government, the Ukrainian people in the broadest sense, to achieve the implementation of such priority measures as minority rights, language rights, disarmament of provocateurs, implementing constitutional reforms and having free and fair elections under international supervision,” Lavrov told journalists.
The Russian foreign minister stressed that neither Russia nor the United States can impose any plans on Ukraine, drafted unilaterally without the Ukrainian side.
“We discussed the constitutional reform, in favor of which we stand together with the Americans… And which, as I understand it, the Ukrainian authorities have committed to.” Lavrov said.
“We are convinced that federalization is a very important component of this reform, the most important is to ensure the unity of Ukraine taking into account the interests of all regions of the country, without exceptions, so that the country functions as a state. We need to find a compromise, consensus among all regions,” the minister added.
US Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed that “differences of opinion about events” that led to Ukraine crisis did not stop the sides from looking for ways to de-escalate the security and political situation “in and around Ukraine.”
“The US and Russia have differences of opinion about events that led to this crisis but both of us recognize the importance of finding a diplomatic solution and simultaneously meeting the needs of the Ukrainian people, and that we agreed on tonight," Kerry said.
Speaking to the press, Secretary Kerry took a chance to once again remind that Washington still considered Russia’s actions in Ukraine “illegal and illegitimate.” He also voiced his concerns about a “very large Russian force currently massing along Ukraine’s borders,” despite the fact that four international missions, observation flights and even representatives from Ukraine did not record any suspicious or aggressive military activities.
“Tonight I raised with the Foreign Minister [Lavrov] our strong concern that about these forces,” Kerry said. “We believe that these forces create a climate of fear and intimidation in Ukraine.”
When asked to specify whether, besides voicing concerns, there were any discussions or decisions reached about the "massing of troops." “Yes, we talked very seriously and at length about the impact of the massing of troops, the importance of, including the drawdown and redeployment of some of those troops with respect to the process moving forward,” Kerry answered before quickly changing the subject.
“The question is not one of right or legality, the question is one of strategic appropriateness,” Kerry said when asked about Russian troops again. “In the end, obviously, the troops are in Russia, they are on Russian soil.”
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/d1021/20140330#1396176017（That’s what I count on, because the current Ukrainian government can hardly be suspected of being independent.）
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/d1021/20140327#1395917705（The decisions that President Obama’s made are not his own. ）
Twitter / mfa_russia: #Russia FM Sergey #Lavrov and
#Russia FM Sergey #Lavrov and US State Secretary John Kerry before talks in Paris pic.twitter.com/0oLzpBYZAD
Twitter / JohnKerry: After I spoke again w/
After I spoke again w/ Ukraine’s PM Yatsenyuk, I met today w/ #FMLavrov in #Paris re #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/i5g2WC8QHE
Twitter / Lavrov_Mid: Встреча с Керри
Встреча с Керри была весьма и весьма продуктивной
ケリーとの会談は非常に生産的だった
