MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax-AVN) - It is unacceptable for Russia that the issues of the deployment of its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea be politicized, a Russia Foreign Ministry statement said on Monday.
Last week Kyiv hosted consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries on issues related to the deployment of the fleet in Ukraine.
"It was stressed that all arising issues should be settled through a concrete dialogue on the basis of reciprocity without ultimatums or unilateral actions," the statement says.
"Russia proceeds from the assumption that the negotiating process should unfold in the framework of the approved mandate, concentrate on practical problems without forestalling the questions of the timeframe of the fleet's presence," the statement says.