The message of the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko on the 18th of October 2015 elections of heads of cities and districts of the DNR does not contribute to the peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in Ukraine, said the official representative of the foreign Ministry of France Romain Nadal.

"We call on the commissioners of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk to refrain from unilateral initiatives, compromising the implementation of paragraph 12 of the agreements of 12 February in local elections. In this regard, the message of Mr. Zakharchenko, According to which, local elections in the breakaway Donetsk Republic will be held on October 18, not conducive to finding a peaceful political settlement of the fall, " said Nadal at the press conference on Thursday.

The constitutional Commission of Ukraine last week approved the draft changes to the Constitution of the country in terms of decentralization. The Commission adopted the draft does not provide for a special status for certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, but only prescribes that he be Appointed a special legislative act. The rule of the sequence of Commission of local government in certain areas of Donbass on the basis of the law is proposed to consolidate the transitional provisions of the Constitution.

Authorized self-proclaimed DND and LNR believe that introducing a constitutional change did not relate to the Minsk peace process. In this regard, the head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko on Thursday said that within the self-proclaimed Republic introduced a special regime of self-government

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