Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “If confirmed, I will reiterate the importance of political plurality and urge the Kyrgyz Government to uphold the…”

These are people, as you noted, who have fled persecution in their countries. They have come to the United States with hope and desires. And we`re a country of immigrants. We have always welcomed immigrants into this country. And to have…

the UN Security Council to press Russia to support.

We are stronger than we ever were before in terms of the European Union, NATO. All of this was not part of Putin`s plan. I think he thought that we would start to fray around the edges very, very quickly.

We have held the doors open for meaningful diplomacy and we remain open to dialogue, real productive dialogue without preconditions.