Kiev: tripartite meeting on the Donbass not excluded in the near future
Dialogues on the settlement of the situation in the Donbass in the framework of the tripartite liaison group (Ukraine - Russia - OSCE) have the opportunity to go in the near future, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
" Currently under discussion question (about the next round of negotiations - as amended). I think that in the near future (will take place). The main thing is that the next round was the result, " said Klimkin on the first day of the week on the air.
He rejected the possibility of direct negotiations, the leadership of the foreign Ministry and the leaders of the militia.
" It is absolutely impossible, as absolutely excluded the idea of a direct or indirect recognition, but we offer so to speak expert support, despite the very great political experience and political weight Leonid Danilovich Kuchma, the former President of Ukraine - ed) ", - added the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of foreign Affairs.
On the 5th of September in the framework of the tripartite meeting of the contact group (Russia - Ukraine - OSCE) on the settlement of the Ukrainian drop in Minsk, Kiev authorities and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic has reached a number of agreements, the most Important thing about stop the fire on the East of Ukraine. However, in the following days, both sides claimed violations of the ceasefire.
The Council of national security and defense of Ukraine informs that the truce in the South-East of the country as a whole is preserved, although there are individual cases of provocation. OSCE observers also reported that the ceasefire " is generally followed, although there are individual cases of its violation.
Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.