Alena Creative Cluster. NATO expresses regret about the inability to continue cooperating with Russia due to the fall in Ukraine, said Last news Deputy press Secretary Carmen Romero on the sidelines of the meeting of the foreign Ministers of NATO countries in Antalya on Thursday.

"We worked hard for twenty years to build close cooperation with Russia, and very upset that this work is minimized. We would like to continue cooperating with Russia on many important security problems, but unfortunately, I can't, " said Romero.

review the companion Agency, the arguments of the Russian side about legally held the referendum in the Crimea can not withstand opponents.

"Russia has the opportunity to be right from any point of view, because the Crimea is Ukraine. Even if this autonomy, autonomy from Ukraine, as Catalonia in Spain, " said Commissioner of NATO.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the 16 March referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters voted for reunification with Russia. The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has stated many times that the residents of the Crimea in a democratic way, in full accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations voted for reunification with Russia, respecting and accepting this choice, and this decision is the reality that ought to be considered. Ukraine considers Crimea its, but at the time occupied territory.

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