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Busuttil questions PM’s ‘silence’ on Ukraine crisis
Leader of the Opposition expresses support for the people of Ukraine as country is on brink of ‘disaster’.
3 March 2014, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
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Opposition leader Simon Busuttil.
Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil has taken to Twitter to question why Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has remained "silent" on the worsening crisis in Ukraine.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin won parliamentary support for use of military force in Ukraine.
"Full support for the people of Ukraine, their independence and integrity. Why is Joseph Muscat silent?" Busuttil said on the micro-blogging site.
Full support for the people of #Ukraine, their #independence and territorial integrity. Why is @JosephMuscat_JM silent?
— Simon Busuttil (@SimonBusuttil) March 3, 2014
In December, Busttil had announced he would refuse to attend a state dinner and concert for former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych, in what was a symbolic protest at the quashing of pro-EU protests in the capital of Kiev.
Yanukovych's December visit to Malta was however called off.
An urgent meeting of the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs was convened today to discuss the situation, in particular Russia's decision to send troops to the Crimean republic.
Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella will be attending. The EU hopes to discuss the best way to preserve negotiations with Russia after temporary Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk personally blamed Russian president Vladmir Putin for bringing the two countries to the brink of war.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned his crisis-hit country is on the "brink of disaster", accusing Russia of declaring war on his nation.
Yatsenyuk has warned his crisis-hit country is on the "brink of disaster", accusing Russia of declaring war on his nation.
"If President [Vladimir] Putin wants to be the president who started a war between two neighbouring and friendly countries, between Ukraine and Russia, he has reached his target within a few inches. We are on the brink of the disaster," he told reporters in English on Sunday, a day after Russia's parliament approved the use of military force in Ukraine.
Ukraine's navy chief said on Sunday that he had switched allegiance to Crimea's pro-Russia authorities.
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Is Simon serious? He is supposed to be an EU expert and he should know that NOW we form part of the EU block and have to express an opinion on a country as a block and not as individual countries. – Hope we are spared of such politicians to lead our country.
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Diga kibritlu rasu Simon! Qed jahseb li x'jghid hu, jew il-Gvern Malti-fuq l-Ukraina - se taghmel xi differenza!
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..... GHADNI KIF SMAJTHA ISS'ISSA MINN FUQ IR-RAI, IL-BBC, IS-CNN ..... SHUNA U TAJBA KIF KIEN JGHID HABIB TAGHNA ...... DALGHODU QALU LI RAW LI PUTIN HIEREG MILL-UFFICCJU TIEGHU BIL-QALZIET IMXARRAB WAHDA SEW MINN QUDDIEM ...... META STAQSEWH KIENX GRALU XI HAGA QALILHOM LI KIEN GHADU KIF GHAMEL TAHTU GHAX KIEN IMWERWER BIL-BIZA ISSA LI HAREG GHALIH SIMON BUSUTTIL, DAK IL-GGANT MINN BIRKIRKARA ...... QALILHOM LI LA JIBZA' MINN MERKEL, LA JIBZA' MINN OBAMA, LA MINN CAMERON .... IMMA ISSA LI FETAH HALQU SIMON BUSUTTIL, QED JAMMETTI LI JINSAB IMWERWER, IMBEZZA' U NKWETAT WAHDA SEW ..... QED TARAW ID-DIMENSJONI INTERNAZZJONALI TAL-BUZU KIF SPLODIET F'SITT XHUR .....
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Why does Simon has to be so irresponsible on such a delicate issue that not even the world's mightiest Nations are being so careful to thread as to what they say, or maybe Simon wants Malta to be a bigger force than the useless and fragmented EU Countries? Simon needs to learn and mature in the world of International Diplomacy and only take sides on consensus with our EU (sic) partners after all they destabilized the region, so what they now broke they can fix and not hide and be scared of the financial implications
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How quick is Dr Simon Busuttil, who pretends to know it all when in reality he is still an amateur politician, to criticize the Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat. Dr Busuttil shall learn Dr Muscat's position as regards Ukraine's present situation after the urgent meeting of the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which is being attended by our Foreign Affairs Minister Dr George Vella, is over. Dr Vella's exposure shall reflect Malta's position as a whole which is that of the Government.
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PN means Party of Nonsense Where was hibernating lately as the foreign minister gave his views regarding the Ukraine crisis. Is Simon making good his declaration of full support to Ukraine by leading a group of protesters there? As always Simon is full of it.
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nahseb ghax hawn int qiesek pappagal tifem fkollox simon, il prim ghadu ma qal xejn.
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Why is Joseph Muscat silent? La darba tkellimt int mhux kulhadd qed jaghmel tahtu. X'baqalu jghid Muscat wara t-twiddiba tieghek. Nisperaw li l-EU sisib tarf tal-krizi li kienet hi stess partecipi u rewhet l-irvellijiet sabiex jitnehha gvern elett demokratikament mill-poplu Ukren. Tal-inqas Muscat qatt ma mar jitbewees ma dittaturi.
