The United States and its allies are called on to stop meddling in Ukraine's political affairs, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Yevhen Perebyinis, director of information for
the Foreign Ministry, was quoted by the National News Agency of Ukraine
as saying all “international partners of Ukraine, including the United
States, [are called on] to refrain from attempts to influence the
composition and formation of a new government in Ukraine.”
U.S.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Friday the “next step” for
Ukraine should be the formation of a new Ukrainian government that “can
earn the confidence of the Ukrainian people and restore political and
economic stability to Ukraine.”
Russian state news agency RIA
Novosti reports “thousands” of demonstrators marched on the Ukrainian
capital Tuesday. At least three protesters were killed and several
others injured, CNN reported, along with seven police officers.
Activists had been occupying the building housing the Interior Ministry,
RIA Novosti said.
Protests broke out in Ukraine, a former Soviet
republic, in Nov. when the government decided to back away from the
European Union to protect its economic ties to Russia.
Pro-EU demonstrators have called on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to step down. His prime minister, Mykola Azarov, resigned in January in a move to ease political tensions.
