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US will never agree with joining of Crimea to Russia, says Biden

Published Nov. 21, 2014 at 5:25 pm

Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV

US Vice President Joe Biden said the US does not recognize the joining of Crimea to Russia.

In his statement posted by the US Embassy in Ukraine on Twitter on Nov. 21, Biden said the US does not recognize and will not recognize the joining of Crimea to Russia, calling it annexation of Crimea by Russia.