Recent statements by the Austrian foreign minister met with little understanding in Ukraine: Alexander Schallenberg had argued for maintaining a sense of proportion with regard to Moscow. That brought him an invitation to the city of Dnipro, where he could present his arguments to the relatives of the 44 victims of the Russian missile attack on a high-rise building.
“We appreciate the cooperation with Austria and are grateful for the support of the UN and the EU,” Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign ministry, said on Tuesday. Kiev invites the “head of Austrian diplomacy” to Ukraine, and in particular to visit Dnipro. “There he will have the opportunity to repeat his arguments about the use of proportion to the relatives of 44 people who died as a result of the Russian missile attack on a high-rise building. Or those whose relatives are still under the rubble,” Nikolenko said.
The spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry criticized the calls to maintain a dialogue with Russia and to respect its history and culture. Because these “reinforce the Kremlin’s sense of impunity and are seen only as an invitation to continue the genocide in Ukraine,” as Nikolenko went on to explain.
Conference at elite university
According to his spokeswoman, at a conference of France’s elite university Sciences Po in Paris on Monday, Schallenberg pleaded for a sense of proportion towards Russia and “not to go too far, for example by introducing a visa ban for 144 million Russians”. Russia will continue to be part of European history and culture. Schallenberg also stressed Ukraine’s full support in its fight for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Source: Krone
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