Moscow was disappointed by the lack of response of the guarantors of the Minsk agreements – France and Germany – the destructive position of Kiev on the settlement in the Donbass, said on Thursday Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.
According to Lukashevich, Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration Mr. Reznikov said earlier that the Minsk agreements requires some "modernization, if not actually rewriting", and stressed that these views are shared by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the head of the office of the President Andrey Ermak and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Contact group Leonid Kuchma. Furthermore, Kiev recently took the line by squeezing out of the negotiating process of representatives of certain regions of Donbass.
"is disappointed to note the absence of any public reaction "Norman" the guarantors of the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine – France and Germany – to such destructive approaches of the Kiev authorities. We emphasize: in Kiev, openly declare their unwillingness to follow the approved resolution 2202 of the UN Security Council, Minsk "action". Thus diminishing and jointly agreed outcomes of the summits "Norman Quartet", including a summit meeting in Paris on 9 December 2019, where once again confirmed the importance of this document," said Lukashevich on the online meeting of the OSCE permanent Council.
The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 began a military operation against the breakaway LC and the DNI, which declared independence after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN victims of the conflict were about 13 thousand people.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, in particular, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which from September 2014 adopted three documents regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict continue shooting.
