KIEV: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday blasted Moscow following the Russian navy’s “brazen” violation of a waterway treaty with Kiev and the seizure of three Ukrainian vessels.
Speaking of a 2003 agreement governing the Kerch Strait between the Azov Sea and Black Sea, Mattis said Moscow had shown “brazen contempt and dismissal” for the deal “that allowed both Russian and Ukrainian ships free passage.”
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Source: The Gulf Today
