The U.S. "will continue to follow its strategic interests" and "will not compromise" on the issue of preserving the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, said the foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin on the results of the Committee meeting of the NATO-Ukraine.
"I don't care that North America have the opportunity to ease the pressure on the Russian Federation and to make some concessions. I am 100% convinced that North America will pursue its strategic desire, namely, to maintain the independence of Ukraine ", - quotes Klimkin RIA " Novosti ".
"I didn't have the impression after talks with Secretary of state John Kerry and other members of the American delegation that North America will make concessions and will succumb to these questions. We understand the strategic direction of American policy ", - said Klimkin. Before Wednesday Klimkin said he agreed with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry the results of his meeting with the Russian side in Sochi. Remember, the Secretary of state on Tuesday morning visited Sochi, where he held conversations with the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. The Minister gave Kerry a t-shirt with the symbols of Victory, Krasnodar tomatoes and potatoes. The dialogues Lavrov described as " miraculous ". In the official letter the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the results of the negotiations it was noted that Lavrov in conversation with Kerry called dead-end path unwinding of confrontation and attempts at sanctions push. Then Kerry hosted the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, explaining the results of this meeting, expressed the view that the leadership of Russia considers it, though not as a breakthrough, but as the first signs of understanding the necessity of returning to the interaction of 2 great countries. According to his statement, the head of the USA "was interested" in the fact that Putin took Kerry. Explaining Putin meeting with Kerry, broadcasting company of si-EN-EN said that " broken the ice, however still a long way to improving bilateral relations."

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