Undo Kiev special status of Donbass will not lead to the revision of the Minsk agreements, says Deputy Director of the Centre for Ukrainian studies and Belorussii Bogdan Bezpalko.
first of the NSDC of Ukraine supported the proposal of the President of Ukraine to submit to the Verkhovna Rada on abolishing the law on the status of Donbass. According to the law, these territories are guaranteed the freedom to use any language and encouraged cross-border cooperation with Russia. DND and LNR believe that the Abolition of Kyiv law harms the peace process and cancels Minsk Protocol, which, in their vision, must be revised.
" I must say that the law on the special status of Donbass in reality did nothing, it was a purely formal act, aimed to simulate changes in course of Kiev in relation to these areas. For this reason and Cancel this status, which in reality is absolutely not implemented and could not be implemented in the current situation, shows the inability of Kiev to real negotiations and real reforms that are required currently for Ukraine. For this reason, to talk about the fact that the Abolition of the special status of Donbass will lead to reconsideration of the Minsk agreements, probably not worth it, " said the specialist Last news .
According to Bezpalko, " Minsk consensus - it was just a step forward, it was a diplomatic act, which aims to bring parties to the negotiating table, and to the Donbass realized a party to the conflict ".
" Accordingly, once it became obvious inability of the Ukrainian side to observe fully all equipped weapons establishment, once it became apparent that with arms forces of Ukraine does not comply with the armistice, they stop firing at the Donetsk and the surrounding areas, as well as conduct of military operations, we can say that the Minsk agreement do not work ", - said the expert.
in his vision, " at the present time there are no formal regulations or any consensus have the opportunity to have a positive effect, but only after some time.
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