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25 of September, 23:31

EC urged to allow humanitarian organizations to return to LPR
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The European Commission agitates to allow humanitarian organizations to immediately re-start work in the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic, reported in the appeal of European Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management Stilianidis Christ.

first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on humanitarian problems Stephen O " Brien said that the Authorities of the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic has ordered foreign humanitarian organizations that had been denied accreditation, to leave the region.

"The decision of the de facto authorities of the areas of the Luhansk region a humanitarian organization withdraw from the territories they control will have a very negative humanitarian impact on civilians and lead to the suspension of humanitarian operations ", - said the Commissioner.

according to him, hundreds of thousands of people in Lugansk region urgently need assistance.

"We expect that all who have influence, will immediately start again extremely needed humanitarian operations in the areas of Luhansk region, and so will fulfill its obligations during international humanitarian law ", - reported in circulation of Stilianidis.

Acting Deputy head of the Council of Ministers LNR Vasily Nikitin on Thursday said that the Authorities LNR due to revealed violations denied accreditation in the Republic ten of eleven applicants for foreign humanitarian organizations, the exception was the international Committee of the red cross.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 7, 9 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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