The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin considers necessary for the achievement of peace in the Donbass to achieve de-escalate the situation and to build free and fair elections.

"The meaning (of the Minsk agreement - ed.) is to be achieved at the present time, de-escalation and de-escalation to build free and fair elections. No elections except for free and fair in the Donbass ", - said Klimkin in the program " TSN. Week " Ukrainian

according to him, the Minsk agreement is the road to peace, which included de-escalation, stabilization and restoration of the Donbass.

"We must go this way ", - said the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of foreign Affairs. Klimkin also noticed that the punishment is relatively Russia will be saved, if the whole complex of the Minsk agreements will not be executed.

"I know the position of all member countries of the EU and today the mood and attitude is very clear: either We perform the whole complex of the Minsk agreements, or punishment clearly remain" - he added.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read the full text of the Minsk agreements "

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