Russia does not want to distribute the work of the OSCE observers, which are now placed at the border posts of " Donetsk " and " Gukovo ", on the other checkpoint and border areas, said permanent Commissioner of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Andrey Kelin. OSCE countries on Thursday at the meeting of the Permanent Council of the organization intend to consider the Issue of extending the observer mission on the Russian-Ukrainian border, reports TASS." The solution must be this Thursday. Question, you need to extend the mission for another 3 months, " he said. The Russian diplomat drew attention that the Russian Federation does not want to distribute the work of the observers, which are now placed at the border posts of " Donetsk " and " Gukovo ", on the other checkpoint and border areas." Expansion of the mission is not expected, it will only be extended, " he added Kelin. According to him, some Countries of the OSCE continues to insist that the mission's mandate was extended." But we are reliably protected by the Russian side of the state border, " he explained, noting that allow OSCE border was " the sovereign right and as a goodwill gesture. Previously, the EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas u?ackas said that the European Union States agitating to give the OSCE mission oversight of the Ukrainian-Russian border around its perimeter. In addition, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree according to which Kyiv wants to offer the European Commission, the OSCE to send to the border with Russia special monitoring mission. Observers from the OSCE and Previously watched the Russian-Ukrainian border. So for three months, 19 observers from the OSCE round-the-clock monitoring of the situation on the border. The decision of the OSCE mandate extended until November 23. In addition, the Kiev authorities hoped to increase the number of missions.
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