Obama Invites Ukrainian Prime Minister to White House
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Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama invited Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to the White House this week for a discussion of the tension in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken announced the invitation on NBC’s Meet the Press. Blinken added that the U.S. would not recognize a referendum that would allow Crimea to become a part of Russia, if the vote occurs as scheduled on March 16.
Yatsenyuk took over as Prime Minister after President Viktor Yanukovych left the city of Kiev during prolonged violent protests.
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