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"en.20150610.31.3-548-000"2
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"Mr President, much of the pain, destruction, loss and suffering caused by the recent fighting in Ukraine can be directly attributed to the expansionist policies of the European Union. As a result, the EU is now deeply embroiled in a highly complex and dangerous standoff with Russia which it cannot hope to win.
Due to the EU’s previous empire-building ambitions in Ukraine, this organisation now has little moral legitimacy to take any action, either diplomatically or militarily, without the risk of further stoking the fires of conflict in the region. This is why I am today calling for a strategy of intervention and the promotion of peace, to be developed and implemented by a non-state, non-partisan actor such as the UN in order to avoid a potentially catastrophic, multinational, military engagement.
While I condemn the EU for its actions in Ukraine, I must also make it clear that I equally condemn Russia's President Putin for his own expansionist ambitions in the Black Sea region. I can only hope that through skilful negotiation and diplomacy, conducted by a competent independent arbiter, a multinational war can be averted.
Ukraine needs the opportunity to take control of its own internal affairs to achieve its ambition of becoming a sustainable and united democracy. Given the opportunity, I am convinced Ukraine can develop into a strong, independent, politically free, and defendable nation that can freely trade on both sides of the current divide and with the rest of the world. What Ukraine does not need is an EU or Russian puppet master pulling its strings, moving forward."@en1
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