Moscow is doing And will do all that it can to influence the self-proclaimed DND AND LNR, But the US And Europe have a duty to influence the Kiev Authorities for the execution of the Minsk agreement, said the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
"We, of course, with a private party do And will do everything in our power to influence the authorities of the unrecognized, self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk And Lugansk republics. But not everything depends on us. Our partners in the European Union, And the United States are required to have a proper influence on the Kiev Authorities today. We do not have such influence, what is in USA And in European Union for the Kiev Authorities to fulfill everything agreed in Minsk, "Putin said in the interview to the Italian newspaper" Il Corriere della Sera " at the beginning of his visit to the country.
He clarified that the document correlated in Minsk - " this is the most faithful And has the ability to be currently the only verified way to solve this problem."
"And We never he not only agreed, unless you believed it to be correct, honest And implemented," - said Putin.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand people.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons And creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND AND LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk And Lugansk regions ". The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.
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