Chizhov: the EU and the US did not support the initiative of the Kyiv on peacekeepers
The initiative of the Kyiv on peacekeepers in the Donbass was not supported neither in the EU nor in the United States, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov. "This Initiative, which can only confuse the situation, and what in Minsk not a word was said - not about the UN mission or the mission of the European Union, This Initiative Kiev support is not met here, in Brussels, and even in the U.S. capital from the administration (President Barack Obama)," Chizhov said on air of the TV channel " Russia-24 ", RIA " Novosti ". On the first day of the week, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has put into effect the decision of the Council of the country about the statement to the United Nations and the European Union to deploy in the Donbass international peacekeeping and security. In DND told that the attraction of Kiev foreign peacekeepers in the Donbass goes against the Minsk agreement and may put at risk the further process of the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian fall. First it was rumored that Poroshenko March 3, plans to submit to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law on the Declaration of the UN on the issue of the introduction of Donbass peacekeepers. Remember, February 18, Poroshenko has made the initiative of the Council to discuss the introduction of peacekeepers to the country. The NSDC of Ukraine has decided to appeal to the UN and the EU in relation to deployment in Ukraine police mission. It was stated that Kiev offers to enter in the Donbass first peacekeepers to de-escalate, and then the police mission EU to maintain order. Secretary-General of the United Nations ban Ki-moon on February 24, agreed with the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin possible deployment of a peacekeeping mission in the conflict area. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine motivated request of Kiev about peacekeepers fact that the OSCE is unable to cope with the control of the armistice. However, the head of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said that the initiative of the Kyiv peacekeepers to Ukraine is an attempt to escape from its obligations under the implementation of the Minsk agreements.