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Switzerland Calls on Citizens to Leave Donbass, Urges Sides to De-Escalate
Switzerland Calls on Citizens to Leave Donbass, Urges Sides to De-Escalate
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is urging Swiss nationals to leave the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in Ukraine’s... 20.02.2022, Sputnik International
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"The FDFA recommends that people of Swiss nationality in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions leave these regions temporarily by their own means. Some airlines have reduced or suspended their flights to Ukraine," the foreign ministry said in a Saturday travel update.According to the FDFA, Switzerland is ready to support dialogue aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict peacefully. The Donetsk and Lugansk self-proclaimed people's republics (DPR and LPR) have been reporting continued shelling of Donbass settlements by Kiev forces for the past several days. LPR and DPR announced the evacuation of their citizens to Russia’s Rostov Region on Friday."Switzerland is concerned about the increase in armed hostilities observed by the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine. We call on all sides to recommit to the ceasefire and actively contribute to de-escalation," the Swiss foreign ministry said on Twitter, adding that Switzerland is ready to support "constructive dialogue."Pierre-Alain Eltschinger, a spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry, told Sputnik on Friday that Switzerland is ready to host a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Earlier this week, Blinken proposed to Lavrov to hold another meeting next week.Western countries and Kiev have been accusing Russia of preparing for an alleged "invasion" of Ukraine. Moscow has denied these accusations, repeatedly stating that it is not threatening anyone and at the same time expressing strong concerns over NATO's military activity near the Russian borders, which it deems a threat to its national security. Russia has pointed out that rising fears of an "invasion" in Ukraine appear to be used as a pretext for advancing NATO's military presence further eastward in Europe.According to Lavrov, the ongoing turmoil is being deliberately promoted by the West to cover up Kiev’s sabotage of the Minsk agreements.
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Switzerland Calls on Citizens to Leave Donbass, Urges Sides to De-Escalate
02:11 GMT 20.02.2022 (Updated: 18:13 GMT 09.01.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is urging Swiss nationals to leave the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in Ukraine’s southeast (Donbass) amid escalations on the contact line.
"The FDFA recommends that people of Swiss nationality in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions leave these regions temporarily by their own means. Some airlines have reduced or suspended their flights to Ukraine," the foreign ministry said in a Saturday travel update.
According to the FDFA, Switzerland is ready to support dialogue aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict peacefully. The Donetsk and Lugansk self-proclaimed people's republics (DPR and LPR) have been reporting continued shelling of Donbass settlements by Kiev forces for the past several days. LPR and DPR announced the evacuation of their citizens to Russia’s Rostov Region on Friday.
"Switzerland is concerned about the increase in armed hostilities observed by the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine. We call on all sides to recommit to the ceasefire and actively contribute to de-escalation," the Swiss foreign ministry said on Twitter, adding that Switzerland is ready to support "constructive dialogue."
Pierre-Alain Eltschinger, a spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry, told Sputnik on Friday that Switzerland is ready to host a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Earlier this week, Blinken proposed to Lavrov to hold another meeting next week.
Western countries and Kiev have been accusing Russia of preparing for an alleged "invasion" of Ukraine. Moscow has denied these accusations, repeatedly stating that it is not threatening anyone and at the same time expressing strong concerns over NATO's military activity near the Russian borders, which it deems a threat to its national security.
Russia has pointed out that rising fears of an "invasion" in Ukraine appear to be used as a pretext for advancing NATO's military presence further eastward in Europe.
According to Lavrov, the ongoing turmoil is being deliberately promoted by the West to cover up Kiev’s sabotage of the Minsk agreements.
