Washington - The U.S. authorities will not recognize the results of the so-called elections held in Crimea, State Department spokesperson Marie Harf has said.
“The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called
regional and local elections in Crimea on Sep. 14 and will not
acknowledge their outcome,” she said at a briefing on Monday, Sep. 15.
Harf also noted that Washington’s position on Crimea remained clear.
“The peninsula remains an integral part of Ukraine. The United States
continues to condemn the Russian Federation’s occupation and purported
annexation of Ukrainian territory and its violation of Ukrainian
sovereignty and territorial integrity in breach of its obligations and
commitments under the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, and its
military basing agreements with Ukraine,” she said.
