Russia blocks Ukrainian Azov Sea ports: minister
Source: Reuters
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 / 2:12 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
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KIEV (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian Azov Sea ports, Berdyansk and Mariupol, are effectively under blockade by Russia as vessels are being barred from leaving and entering, Ukraines infrastructure minister, Volodymyr Omelyan, said on Thursday.
Overall, 35 vessels have been prevented from carrying out normal operations and only vessels moving towards Russian ports on the Azov Sea are permitted entry, he said on Facebook.
The goal is simple - by placing a blockade on Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea, Russia hopes to drive Ukraine out of our own territory - territory that is ours in accordance with all relevant international laws, he said.
Omelyan said 18 vessels were awaiting entry into the Azov Sea, including four to Berdyansk and 14 to Mariupol. There is also a line of nine vessels to leave the Azov Sea and eight other vessels are standing by near the port berths.
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TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Eugene
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Firestorm49
(4,037 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)Bayard
(22,149 posts)Not good at all. I'm sure this will be in tRump's discussion with Putin in the next few days.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)or he should have this draw this up in big old crayons so that he understands, and when they get to the last part................he really should understand that the United States has just one of many treaties....................but this one says.....................
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/trtdocs/en/ua-us/trt_ua_us.pdf
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FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE
ANNEX
1. The United States reserves the right to make or maintain limited exceptions to national
treatment, as provided in Article II, paragraph 1, in the sectors or matters it has indicated
below:
air transportation; ocean and coastal shipping; banking; insurance; government-grants;
government insurance and loan programs; energy and power production; custom house
brokers; ownership of real property; ownership and operation of broadcast or common carrier
radio and television stations; ownership of shares in the Communications Satellite
Corporation; the provision of common carrier telephone and telegraph services; the provision
of submarine cable services; use of land and natural resources; mining on the public domain;
maritime services and maritime-related services; and primary dealership in United States
government securities.
2. The United States reserves the right to make or maintain limited exceptions to most favored
nation treatment, as provided in Article II, paragraph 1, in the sectors or matters it has
indicated below ownership of real property; mining on the public domain; maritime services and maritime related
services; and primary dealership in United States government securities.
3. Ukraine reserves the right to make or maintain limited exceptions to national treatment, as
provided in Article II, paragraph 1, in the sectors or matters it has indicated below:
production of equipment used exclusively for nuclear power plants; maritime transportation
including ocean and coastal shipping; air transportation; nuclear electric energy generation;
privatization of those educational, sports, medical and scientific facilities financed by the
national budget; mining of salt; mining and processing of rare earth, and of uranium and other
television and radioactive elements; ownership and operation of television and radio
broadcasting stations; and ownership of land.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, DC 20506
March 4, 1994
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)and his lackeys....................there is this..............
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/12/04/the-budapest-memorandum-and-u-s-obligations/
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December 5 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances for Ukraine. Russia has grossly violated the commitments it made in that document. That imposes an obligation on Washington to support Ukraine and push back against Russia. This is not just a matter of living up to U.S. obligations. It is also about preserving the credibility of security assurances, which could contribute to preventing nuclear proliferation in the future.