US regrets Bangladesh abstention from Crimea resolution
US regrets Bangladesh abstention from Crimea resolution
The United States has regretted Bangladesh’s abstention from joining the large majority regarding the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the Crimea issue.
“I regret that Bangladesh was not able to join the majority on that important issue,” US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena told reporters at a 'Meet the Press' event at American Club in Dhaka.
On a query regarding the vote, the US envoy said, "…but it makes clear that the international community doesn’t accept the occupation…the annexation, I should say, by Russia of Crimea."
Mozena came up with the remark when he was asked whether it was a shift from Bangladesh’s foreign policy.
The UNGA adopted a resolution on Crimea on March 27 which Bangladesh abstained from.
The resolution was passed 100-11 with 58 abstentions.
Meanwhile, the Russian ambassador in Dhaka, Alexander A Nicholaev, at a discussion in the city yesterday expressed satisfaction over Bangladesh’s abstention from the UNGA resolution.
The envoy claimed that Crimea's joining Russia was not an issue of "annexation", rather one of "reunification". The citizens of Crimea chose to be a part of Russia and the West was playing a double standard in this regard, he added.