Ahli-ahli Dewan Perwakilan Amerika Syarikat di Capitol
Amerika Syarikat di Washington, DC (Members of the US House of Representatives
at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (AFP Photo)
Srikandi - Dewan Rakyat Amerika
Syarikat telah yang amat sangat meluluskan dokumen yang mengutuk keras tindakan
Moscow terhadap jirannya, memanggil mereka dasar pencerobohan.
Lulus dgn 411-10 undi, ‘Slams Russia’ " politik berterusan,
ekonomi, ketenteraan dan pencerobohan" Rusia menentang Ukraine, Georgia,
dan Moldova dan "pelang-garan berterusan kedaulatan, kemerdekaan dan keutuhan
wilayah."
"Amerika Syarikat, Eropah dan sekutu kami mesti agresif
mengekalkan tekanan ke atas Encik Putin untuk menggalakkan dia untuk bertobat
dari hidupnya," Rep. Adam Kinzinger, penaja resolusi itu, berkata.
Resolusi itu menyeru kepada Rusia untuk menghentikan
menyokong militia tem-patan di timur Ukraine dan untuk pembatalan keputusan
Crimea untuk menyertai Rusia. Di samping itu, dia berdoa Moscow untuk menarik
balik tenteranya yang tuntutan Amerika Syarikat adalah di Ukraine, Georgia dan
Moldova.
‘The House’ menyeru Presiden Barack Obama untuk memberikan
Ukraine dengan peralatan pertahanan dan latihan.
"Ukraine adalah jelas memerlukan bantuan ketenteraan
segera," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen berkata seperti yang dipetik oleh The
Hill.
Resolusi itu juga menggesa ahli2 NATO dan sekutu Amerika Syarikat untuk
menggantung kerjasama ketenteraan dengan Rusia. Obama menangani, Dewan menggesa
beliau untuk mengkaji kesediaan Amerika Syarikat & angkatan tentera NATO di
bawah Angkatan Bersenjata Konvensional di Eropah Perjanjian (CFE).
Ahli parlimen bersetuju bahawa presiden dan Jabatan Negara
juga perlu mencari jalan untuk "menyebarkan berita dan maklumat" di
Rusia ke negara yang mempunyai penduduk Rusia berbahasa.
Penggubal undang-undang menetapkan bahawa resolusi itu
menyasarkan Putin dan dasar, tetapi tidak semua rakyat Rusia.
BREAKING NEWS ‘House Of Representatives PASSES Resolution Against
RUSSIA’ . . .
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a
document which strongly condemns Moscow's actions against its neighbors,
calling them a policy of aggression.
Passed with 411-10 votes, the resolution slams Russia’s
“continuing political, economic, and military aggression” against Ukraine,
Georgia, and Moldova and the “continuing violation of their sovereignty,
independence, and territorial integrity.”
"The US, Europe and our allies must aggressively keep
the pressure on Mr. Putin to encourage him to change his behavior," Rep.
Adam Kinzinger, the resolution's sponsor, said.
The resolution calls for Russia to stop supporting local
militias in eastern Ukraine and for the cancellation of Crimea’s decision to
join Russia. In addition, it calls on Moscow to withdraw its troops which the
US claims are in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
The House calls on President Barack Obama to provide Ukraine
with defense equipment and training.
"Ukraine is clearly in need of urgent military
assistance," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said as quoted by The Hill.
The resolution also urges NATO members and US allies to
suspend military cooperation with Russia. Addressing Obama, the House urged him
to review the readiness of US and NATO armed forces under the Conventional
Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE).
The lawmakers agreed that the president and State Department
should also find a way to “distribute news and information” in Russian to
countries with Russian-speaking populations.
The lawmakers specified that the resolution was targeting
Putin and his policy, but not all Russian people.
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