Kiev is not willing to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized Donetsk and Lugansk national republics, because it doesn't consider them legitimate authorities of data areas, said Fins news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym prystaiko the results of the meeting in the "channel format" in Paris on Wednesday.
"To talk to people who in fact are the field commanders and not literally Ukrainians does not make sense politically. They do not represent the people and their decisions are not legitimate from the perspective of people living on the current territory, " he said.
Prystaiko said that Kyiv will be able to get a legitimate partner for conversation only after the elections in the East of Ukraine. However, currently It is quite difficult " from the perspective of residents, which is obliged to be there ".
"We hope that We will find a formula under which these elections will be held. Leaders decided that modality can begin to speak only after being deflected effort. This is not an election, It's first steps, " he said.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
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