One of the excellent questions raised by a journalist towards about 3/4 of the way through is:
where are the Ukrainians?
why aren't they at the table?
The chairman of the committee provided 2 excuses - one, there was a general public announcement put out about the meeting, and, for example, the Dutch and Russian representatives are at the meeting;
in fact, Russian reps were actually sitting at the table
second - the committee, in formulating the report, took evidence from the Ukrainian ambassador
The discussion is indeed pretty good, despite the Russian amabassador's mealy-mouthed "we want respect" whining, and "we want a common economic space from Belgium to Vladivostok"
The Polish representative pointed out a signed document, signed by the Russia, about NATO, to buttress the fact that there were never any promises to the Russia about NATO expansion
It is very troublesome and disheartening that no Ukrainian representative had enough initiative to attend this hearing, in which Ukraine is actually a very important topic
One of the excellent questions raised by a journalist towards about 3/4 of the way through is:
ReplyDeletewhere are the Ukrainians?
why aren't they at the table?
The chairman of the committee provided 2 excuses - one, there was a general public announcement put out about the meeting, and, for example, the Dutch and Russian representatives are at the meeting;
in fact, Russian reps were actually sitting at the table
second - the committee, in formulating the report, took evidence from the Ukrainian ambassador
The discussion is indeed pretty good, despite the Russian amabassador's mealy-mouthed "we want respect" whining, and "we want a common economic space from Belgium to Vladivostok"
The Polish representative pointed out a signed document, signed by the Russia, about NATO, to buttress the fact that there were never any promises to the Russia about NATO expansion
It is very troublesome and disheartening that no Ukrainian representative had enough initiative to attend this hearing, in which Ukraine is actually a very important topic