The UN chief concerned about the crossing of the Ukrainian border humanitarian convoy of the Russian Federation
Ivan Zakharchenko. Secretary-General of the United Nations ban Ki-moon is concerned at reports About the progress of a column of Russian humanitarian aid to Ukraine without the approval of its authorities, Although he recognizes that the humanitarian situation in the East of the country is deteriorating. About it reported in a statement on the last working day of the week the official statement of the messenger of the global organization Stephen Dujarric.
Trucks with Russian homemost arrived to the border on August 14, but the Ukrainian side start customs clearance only 21 August. On the last working day of the week column crossed the border and arrived in Lugansk. The Ukrainian foreign Ministry called it " infractions of international norms " and tried to persuade international partners to condemn the Russian Federation. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that all kinds of excuses to delay the delivery of assistance to people in the area of humanitarian catastrophe exhausted, and recalled that the mission was preparing for a long time, in total transparency and in cooperation with the Ukrainian side and the Red Cross.
Ban Ki-moon " with concern that monitors messages about what the Russian convoy of trucks with humanitarian aid crossed the border of Ukraine without the approval of the authorities in Kiev, said Dujarric.
" Although the humanitarian situation is deteriorating, any unilateral actions threaten to complicate an already dangerous situation in the East of Ukraine ", - reported in circulation.
" the Secretary-General advocates that all countries, especially Ukraine and Russia continue to cooperate in coordination with the international community to provide humanitarian access to the most affected areas, " the statement reads.
According to Dwarika, all parties should exercise maximum restraint and avoid escalation of tension. In this regard, ban Ki-moon excited about the promise of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to do everything in their power to prevent more serious consequences promotion of escort in Ukraine ", said Dujarric.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About how developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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