Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE Andrey Kelin said that the economic blockade of Donbass "the most flagrant manifestation of separatism in Ukraine" and called on not to build the state border on the line of contact of the parties.

"Blockade of Donbass is the most flagrant manifestation of separatism in Ukraine ", - said the representative of France, speaking at the meeting of the OSCE permanent Council on Thursday.

He said that if Kiev wants to keep control of the border in the East, " it is sufficient to perform Minsk consensus, bring to the end of the constitutional reform, as envisaged in the PP. 9 and eleven measures, and not to create a new state on the border line of separation of the parties."

Minsk gives the time until the end of the year, it's been 4 months, but progress has been insufficient. Expected Kyiv to engage in a constructive direct dialogue With Donetsk and Lugansk on all the key issues of implementing Minsk agreements ", - the diplomat added.

in November 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the document, which is called the " decree on economic blockade ": the territory of Donbass, control of power structures, brought government agencies, banks and even prisons. December 1, 2014 Kiev imposed a transport blockade of the region and the permit regime in the area of special operations. In early summer the leader of the largest in the Ukrainian Parliament faction " Block Petro Poroshenko Yuriy Luangsay that he considered it necessary to build a grocery blockade of Donbass.

this week Poroshenko in the process of working trip to Donetsk region said to tangible progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the level of economic ties between Kiev and the Donbass will remain at the current level.

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