NATO says Putin's visit to annexed Ukrainian peninsula was "inappropriate"

14:40, 10.05.2014 1 min read

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has described Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Crimea without invitation of the Ukrainian authorities as "inappropriate."

"We still consider Crimea as Ukrainian territory and from my knowledge the Ukrainian authorities haven't invited Putin to visit Crimea, so from that point of view his visit to Crimea is inappropriate," Fogh Rasmussen told the reporters visiting Estonia's capital, Tallinn.