Ukraine: UN Secretary General ‘Deeply Concerned’ Crimea Vote Will Worsen Complex, Tense Situation

by Gary Kopycinski on March 17, 2014

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2014 – Leading the United Nations push for parties in Ukraine to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis through peaceful dialogue, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is “deeply concerned and disappointed” that this weekend’s Crimea secession referendum will only exacerbate an “already complex and tense situation.”