SecState Kerry urges Ukraine gov "to listen to the voices of its people"

Violence has no place in a modern European state - John Kerry from Yuriy Bihanskyy on Vimeo.
SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody.

Before we get to a discussion of the NATO business, I’d like to just spend a brief moment, if I can, saying something about events that the whole world is watching, and that is the situation in Ukraine.

The powerful expressions of support for Europe in cities all across the Ukraine have really been quite extraordinary. People of all different backgrounds are giving voice to their very real and very deep aspirations, and we urge the Ukrainian Government to listen to the voices of its people who want to live in freedom and in opportunity and prosperity. And we urge all sides to conduct themselves peacefully.

Violence has no place in a modern European state.

And to work together, we think that is really the goal that everybody in the Ukraine should be pursuing, work together to get the Ukraine back on the road to European integration and to economic health.

And we hope that that can happen as rapidly as possible.

John Kerry
Secretary of State
NATO Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
December 3, 2013