Poroshenko to meet in Minsk ought to discuss the deployment of peacekeepers
Subgroup on safety in a contact group on Donbas should discuss the modality of deployment of a peacekeeping mission, said the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. "The sub-group on security issues will need to discuss the modality of deployment within Ukraine combined mission with civilian and military components under the auspices of the UN and the EU. During the last negotiations in the "Normandy format" the Russian side stressed that no objection to deployment in Ukraine peacekeeping mission ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the President of Ukraine.
According to Poroshenko, the peacekeeping mission should not be a substitute or cancel the Minsk documents, and must work in parallel with the activities of the OSCE. Before the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation could not agree to the entry of peacekeepers to Ukraine, to do this, seek the consent of the parties to the conflict in the Donbas. Before the press service of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the process of negotiations in the "Normandy format" agreed with the possibility of placing peacekeepers in the Donbass. April 16, Russia's envoy to the OSCE Andrey Kelin said that at the moment no need for peacekeepers in the Donbass. In addition, according to k?lin, action near Shirokino Ukraine and Donetsk say about the fact that Kiev is deliberately undermines the work of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine, promoting the idea of UN peacekeepers. 14 April in Berlin, the head of foreign Ministers "channel four" held dialogues on the situation in Ukraine. As reported by results of negotiations of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov, the idea of the introduction of peacekeepers in Ukraine is not developed in the negotiating process. According to his statement, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine mentioned this issue, but none of the Ministers of other countries did not respond. On 6 April, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century said that the issue of peacekeeping in the conflict area in Ukraine it is impossible to discuss without the participation of Lugansk and Donetsk.