National NATO Secretary General Statement on So-called Referendum in Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea by Gary Kopycinski on March 14, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in National: Rep. Kelly Condemns FDA Approval of Flavored E-Cigarettes May 6, 2026 Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Ban Slavery in Wisconsin February 24, 2026 Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026 BELGIUM—(ENEWSPF)—14 March 2014. The following statement is attributed to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: