The entry of peacekeepers to the area of Ukraine would mean the division of the country, says the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

"The peacekeepers Is the division of the country, Is respect the fact that the country was divided. What Are The Peacekeepers? It is necessary in the Ukrainian format to agree - the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians ", - Azarov said Last news on the first day of the week.

Impossible and continuous placement on Ukraine foreign troops, and among them NATO bases, he added." It is absolutely impossible. Which are able to be base in a non-aligned state?" - said the former head of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers.

The Ukrainian Authorities in March, made a proposal to deploy in the Donbass peacekeeping mission. Military peacekeeping mission has the ability to be formed only with the punishment of the UN security Council.

in early summer the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the Law providing for the admission of foreign military in Ukraine, if they perform operations on maintenance of peace and security due to the decisions of the UN or the EU. The document was signed by the President of Ukraine on 25 June.

The act regulates the holding in Ukraine of the international peacekeeping and security in terms of expanding the grounds for admission and residence of the branches of the military power of other countries in Ukraine.

in the early winter of last year, the Ukrainian Parliament amended 2 of the law, renouncing non-aligned status of the country. The Ukrainian authorities believe that he could not guarantee the country's safety.

first within the country prohibited the operation of any military formations not envisaged by legislative act. Ukraine does not allow the placement of foreign military bases, for this reason, foreign troops every time were allowed into the country a special legislative act by the President.

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