Paet told RIA-Novosti news agency that he talked to Catherine Ashton last week right after retiring from Kiev, but refrained from further comments, saying that he has to “listen to the tape first.”
“It’s very disappointing that such surveillance took place altogether. It’s not a coincidence that this conversation was uploaded [to the web] today,” he stressed.
“My conversation with Ashton took place last week right after I returned from Kiev. At that time I was already in Estonia,” Paet added.
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a statement on its website, saying that the recording of the leaked telephone conversation between Paet and Ashton is “authentic.”
The phone call took place on February 26 after Estonia’s FM returned from his visit to Ukraine, which took place soon after the end of street violence in Kiev, the ministry added.
“We reject the claim that Paet was giving an assessment of the opposition’s involvement in the violence," the statement stressed, adding that the FM was only providing an overview of what he had heard during his Kiev visit.
RT has contacted Ashton’s spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, who said “we don’t comment on leaked phone conversations.”
The call took place after Estonia’s Foreign Minister Urmas Paet visited Kiev on February 25, following the peak of clashes between the pro-EU protesters and security forces in the Ukrainian capital.
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It was reportedly uploaded to the web by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovich who hacked Paet’s and Ashton’s phones.
During the conversation, Paet stressed that “there is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers, it was not Yanukovich, but it was somebody from the new coalition.”
According to the Estonian FM, “all the evidence shows” that the “same snipers” at Maidan were shooting at people from both sides – the police and the protesters.
Ashton reacted to the information by saying: “Well, yeah…that’s, that’s terrible,” adding that the matter is worth investigating.
94 people were killed and another 900 injured during the standoff between police and protesters at Maidan Saquare in Kiev last month.
http://rt.com/news/estonia-confirm-leaked-tape-970/
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- Russian FM surprised EU officials do not comment Ashton-Estonian minister phone call leak
Russian Foreign Ministry is surprised over EU officials' refusal to comment on leaked audio recording of Catherine Ashton's phone conversation with Estonian foreign minister.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/722292
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- Filtran una conversación de Ashton que insinúa que la oposición contrató a los francotiradores .....
1.Una conversación entre la jefa de la diplomacia europea y el ministro de Exteriores estonio 2. El político estonio Urmas Paet confirma a la cadena RT la autenticidad de la grabación
3. 'Detrás no estaba [Yanukovich] sino alguien de la nueva coalición', dijo Paet a Ashton
La televisión rusa RT citó hoy miércoles una llamada de teléfono interceptada entre el ministro de Exteriores estonio, Urmas Paet, y la jefa de la diplomacia europea, Catherine Ashton, en la que el primero sugiere que los francotiradores que actuaron en Kiev fueron contratados por la oposición.
Tras la revelación el ministro de Exteriores estonio confirmó la autenticidad de la grabación, según publica la cadena RT.
"Se hace cada vez más evidente que detrás de los francotiradores no estaba (el presidente Viktor) Yanukovich, sino alguien de la nueva coalición", dijo Paet a Ashton, según la llamada pinchada supuestamente por los servicios secretos de Ucrania.
El ministro explica que una doctora de Kiev le dijo que los mismos francotiradores disparaban a los manifestantes opositores y a los policías, durante los días de febrero en que se desató la mayor violencia en Kiev, unos disturbios que causaron cerca de cien muertos.
Paet también le dice a Ashton -según fragmentos de la conversación que pueden escucharse en Youtube, que "es preocupante que la nueva coalición no quiera investigar" ese asunto, en referencia a las nuevas autoridades que llegaron al poder en Ucrania tras la destitución de Yanukovich el 22 de febrero.
La conversación pinchada habría tenido lugar después de que Paet visitara Kiev el 25 de febrero. "Creo que sí queremos investigarlo. Quiero decir, no he dejado esto, esto es interesante, cielos", responde Ashton al ministro estonio, a lo que éste le señala que se trata de un "factor muy irritante"......................http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2014/03/05/531747ba268e3e39238b4588.html
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UK, US, Ukraine insist on direct talks between Moscow and Kiev...
ReplyDeleteGreat Britain, the United States and Ukraine insist on direct internationally mediated talks between Moscow and Kiev, Reuters said on Wednesday, March 5, after a meeting in Paris between British Foreign Secretary William Hague, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian parliament-appointed acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia.
They believe that such talks will be crucial for resolving disagreements between Russia and Ukraine.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/722273
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Estonia confirms authenticity of Paet-Ashton conversation on Kiev snipers...
ReplyDeleteThe Estonian Foreign Ministry has confirmed the authenticity of a telephone conversation posted on the Internet between Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet and EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton regarding the events in Ukraine, the press service of the Estonian Foreign Ministry reports.
"It is extremely unfortunate that this wiretapping was conducted. It’s not an accident that this conversation was posted (on the Internet) today," Paet said. Earlier, he said that the conversation with Ashton took place last week, immediately after the head of the MFA’s return from Ukraine to Estonia.
"My conversation with Ashton took place last week directly after my visit to Ukraine. At that time, I was in Estonia already," he said.
The diplomat refrained from more detailed comments until he "sees the recording"........http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_05/Estonia-confirms-authenticity-of-Paet-Ashton-conversation-on-Kiev-snipers-0339/
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Ukraine-Krise: Estlands Außenamtschef verärgert über Abhören seines Telefonats mit Ashton...
ReplyDeleteEstlands Außenminister Urmas Paet hat sich verärgert gezeigt über die Veröffentlichung seines Telefongesprächs mit EU-Chefdiplomatin Catherine Ashton über die Lage in der Ukraine, teilte das estnische Außenamt am Mittwoch in Tallinn mit.
Paet habe die Echtheit der Aufzeichnung bestätigt und erklärt, dass das abgehörte Gespräch am Mittwoch „nicht zufällig“ im Internet veröffentlicht worden sei. Es handle sich um ein Telefonat vom 26. Februar, das nach Paets Kiew-Besuch stattgefunden habe............http://de.ria.ru/politics/20140305/267984319.html
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UKRAINE / RUSSIA: Alleged Audiotape of EU High Representative Ashton Phone Call with Estonian Foreign Minister. -Jen Psaki, Spokesperson, Daily Press Briefing....
ReplyDeleteQUESTION: All right. And my last one on Ukraine is --
MS. PSAKI: Sure.
QUESTION: -- have you heard this latest audio tape of apparently bugged conversation between Catherine Ashton and the foreign minister?
MS. PSAKI: We have seen the reports of it, yes. And --
QUESTION: Have you listened to it?
MS. PSAKI: I have not had a chance to listen to it yet.
QUESTION: It’s very high quality. In stereo, too.
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm. As seems to be the theme.
QUESTION: Yeah. In that call, the foreign minister – and forgive me, what country is the foreign minister from?
QUESTION: Estonia.
QUESTION: Estonia. The Estonian foreign minister says something about suspicions that the snipers, the people who fired on protestors in the square, were not directed to do so by the then president, but rather by the protestors themselves. Do you have – do U.S. officials share this suspicion?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I know you’re asking about the content, which I don’t have anything for you on. But --
QUESTION: Right. Quite apart from it, it’s out there that a foreign minister of – a NATO member says that there are these suspicions. Do you share those suspicions?
MS. PSAKI: Well, not that I’m aware of, Matt. But broadly speaking in terms of this report, we don’t have any – we’ve seen the reports. We don’t have any confirmation of the validity of this call or confirmation that there wasn’t any doctoring of the call either. So it’s hard to speak to the content as it’s been reported.
QUESTION: Well, just about – how about – does the United States have any reason to believe that the people who were doing the shooting in Kyiv were not doing so under the orders of the president and, in fact, were doing so under orders of people affiliated, at least, with the opposition?
MS. PSAKI: I don’t – that’s not a discussion that I’m aware of internally here being had. But obviously, the context of where this information was reportedly coming from is important here too.
QUESTION: Okay. And then last thing: Do you have any comment in general on the release of such a phone call since – particularly since one of your own colleagues was victimized, if that’s the right word, in a very similar fashion on the same subject not so long ago?
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm. Well, Matt, obviously these reports just came out. But as I said around the last unfortunate case, this is just another example of the kind of Russian statecraft that we have strong concerns about. And we don’t, again, know the content. I can’t verify the content of the call, that the call hasn’t been doctored in any way. So we’ll see that report itself out and look for confirmation from individuals in the countries......................http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/03/222962.htm#UKRAINE
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