MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Russia has managed to persuade most countries that there is no alternative to resolving the crisis over Ukraine by eliminating its root causes, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a review of foreign policy results of the outgoing year.
"On the Western track, in the conditions of an escalation of military, economic, informational and ideological aggression of unfriendly states, Russian diplomacy has neutralized attempts to put forward ultimatum-like political demands and ensured recognition by a majority of the world's states there is no alternative to the settlement of the crisis around Ukraine by eliminating its root causes - threats to Russia's security resulting from NATO expansion and violations of the rights of Russians and Russian speakers," the Foreign Ministry noted.
"This position was conveyed to the leadership of a number of NATO and EU countries, including Austria, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia, the United States, Turkey, and Germany, as well as the Vatican and Switzerland in direct contacts with them at the highest and highest levels," the commentary says.