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奥巴马默克尔通过电话讨论乌克兰危机
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor1 Angela Merkel Friday urged Russia to form a contact group that will lead to direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate the Ukraine situation.
During a phone talk, the two leaders also raised the issue of deploying2 international observers and human rights monitors to Crimea, an autonomous3 republic of Ukraine, the epicenter of the ongoing4 crisis, the White House said in a statement.
Obama welcomed "the unified5 position" of the United States and the European Union on Ukraine, it added.
The mostly Russian-speaking Crimea, home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, has become the epicenter of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine since President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted6 by parliament on Feb. 22.
Russia did not recognize Ukraine's new government put in place after pro-Russian Yanukovych's ouster, and called the events in the neighboring country a coup7.
In a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Obama proposed direct talks between the governments of Ukraine and Russia, and the deployment8 of international monitors.
The Kremlin's press service said the talks between Putin and Obama "revealed the divergence9 of approaches to and opinions of the causes of the current crisis and the existing state of affairs."
Putin said the current Ukrainian leadership, which had come to power "in an unconstitutional way as a result of government coup and lacked a national mandate," was dictating10 illegitimate decisions to the eastern and southeastern regions of Ukraine and Crimea.
Moscow could not ignore the requests for help addressed to it and was acting11 adequately and in full compliance12 with international law, he told Obama.
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1 chancellor | |
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长 | |
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2 deploying | |
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的现在分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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3 autonomous | |
adj.自治的;独立的 | |
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adj.进行中的,前进的 | |
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5 unified | |
(unify 的过去式和过去分词); 统一的; 统一标准的; 一元化的 | |
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6 ousted | |
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺 | |
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7 coup | |
n.政变;突然而成功的行动 | |
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8 deployment | |
n. 部署,展开 | |
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9 divergence | |
n.分歧,岔开 | |
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10 dictating | |
v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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11 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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12 compliance | |
n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从 | |
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