Russian border guards acted in compliance with international law when dealing with the Kerch Strait incident between Russia and Ukraine, opposition member of the Belgian Federal Parliament Aldo Carcaci told Sputnik.
BRUSSELS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th November, 2018) Russian border guards acted in compliance with international law when dealing with the Kerch Strait incident between Russia and Ukraine, opposition member of the Belgian Federal Parliament Aldo Carcaci told Sputnik."I believe that the Russian side has acted legally and within the framework of international law, " Carcaci said.
The lawmaker expressed hope that "common sense" will prevail and the sides will refrain from escalating the situation.
"Russia is definitely not interested in conflict, because it was not the one which created this situation, it was in the position of the defending side, not the violating side," Caracassi underlined.
According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Ukraine's Berdyansk and Nikopol gunboats and the Yany Kapu tugboat on Sunday sailed toward the Kerch Strait, the only entrance to the Sea of Azov, where the ships were seized by Russia after failing to respond to lawful demands to stop. The FSB also said that these provocations were coordinated by two Ukrainian Security Service officers who were on the vessels.
In response to the situation in the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian authorities decided on Monday to introduce martial law in select regions along the Russian border, and the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, for 30 days.
