MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime against merchant ships and civilian energy infrastructure in the Black Sea are inadmissible, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoting Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin as saying.
Pankin participated via on-line conference in the ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). The online meeting was chaired by Bulgaria.
"The [Russian] deputy foreign minister's speech addressed negative dynamics of economic cooperation in the Black Sea region, where the main obstacle to ongoing development is still posed by the hostile policy of the European Union," according to the statement.
"Special emphasis was placed on the inadmissibility of terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime against merchant ships and civilian energy infrastructure in the Black Sea," the statement said.
The statement added that "the significant constructive potential of the BSEC was highlighted, and its implementation requires consolidation of efforts based on the principles of mutual respect and equality."
