FM: Moscow would not support the introduction of UN peacekeepers in Ukraine
At this stage of the settlement of the Minsk agreements sufficient monitoring mission of the OSCE, the introduction of peacekeepers to Ukraine Moscow does not support, said Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Gennady Gatilov. "No," he said, responding to a question, RIA " Novosti." We believe that there Minsk consensus. They clearly defined the role of the OSCE monitoring mission. And now we must deal with the fact that this monitoring mission effectively worked And oversaw the implementation of the Minsk agreements. This currently is quite enough, " said Gatilov." In General, this question (about the UN peacekeeping mission in Ukraine in the UN security Council currently no way considered ", - he said." We know that Ukraine has already tries to contacts with the UN Secretariat these questions to put. But this requires an appropriate solution to the resolution of the UN security Council. Any direction peacekeeping forces without the approval of the UN security Council, " drew the attention of the Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The Gatilov added that " in Minsk agreements nothing about the role of the UN And possible peacekeeping operation not reported ". Yesterday, the Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that the proposal of Kiev on peacekeepers in the Donbass was not supported neither in the EU nor in the USA. 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.