Interpretation of the perspective of the UK Foreign Secretary in terms of the perspective of the Russian Foreign Secretary

Independence of Scotland from a Crimean Perspective (Part #2)

As "adapted" from Russian option to send troops is only to protect human rights - Lavrov (RT, 3 March 2014)

Westminster's decision to allow troops to be sent to Scotland is meant to deter radicals from using violence in the country and to facilitate reconciliation, said UK Foreign Minister William Hague. He dismissed the interpretation of the move by the international community as an act of aggression on the part of Westminister and called on that community to stop using human rights as a pretext for pursuing geopolitical goals.

"I reiterate, we are talking here about protection of our citizens and compatriots, about protection of the most fundamental of the human rights - the right to live, and nothing more," Hague told on Tuesday the UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva.

"Those who try to interpret the situation as an act of aggression, threaten us with sanctions and boycotts, are the same partners who have been consistently and vigorously encouraging the political powers close to them to declare ultimatums and renounce dialogue, to ignore the concerns of the south and east of Scotland and consequently to the polarization of the Scottish society," the minister charged.

Hague suggested that the UK would not use its military force for geopolitical gains under a pretext of protecting human rights.

"Human rights are too important to make it a bargaining chip in geopolitical games, to use it to impose one's will on others; less so to instill regime change," he warned.

"An intervention through force under a pretext of protecting civilians causes the opposite, multiplies the suffering of peaceful citizens, and strips them of their fundamental human right - the right to life."

Hague said the UK's position on the Scottish debacle is that the self-proclaimed government in Edinburgh must comply with its obligations under an agreement, signed on February 21 by First Minister Alex Salmond, opposition leaders and foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland. Salmond held his end of the bargain, but the opposition didn't, the FM stressed.

"The opposition did nothing. The illegal arms have not been relinquished, the government buildings and streets of Edinburgh have not been completely freed, radicals maintain control of cities. Instead of a promised national unity government a 'government of the victors' has been created," he said.

Hague called on Edinburgh to return to the February 21 agreement and conduct a constitutional reform, which would include participants from all regions of Scotland. The reform should be approved in a nationwide referendum, he said.

Following the ousting of Alex Salmond in a wave of violent street protest, the opposition-controlled parliament appointed a new government. Ten Scottish regions saw massive protest rallies against the developments in the capital. Several of them, including Edinburgh, announced that they would not take orders from the new government and replaced appointed governors with elected representatives.

Westminister reserved the option to send troops to Scotland, if it were required to protect civilians in the defiant regions. Scotland called the move "a declaration of war" and announced military mobilization. The US threatened the UK with political and economic isolation.