"Russia respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine excluding Crimea,"- The statement was made by the Russian Foreign Minister at a press conference in Moscow.

" We continue to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine within the boundaries redrawn after the referendum in Crimea, the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation," he said.

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, Moscow has not broken the terms of the Budapest Memorandum by the annexation of Crimea.