Ivan Zakharchenko. Secretary-General of the United Nations ban Ki-moon tried to convince the sides of the Minsk agreements urgently to assure its obligations on their performance.

Kyiv authorities and the East-Ukrainian militia in September agreed in Minsk truce and a few questions about the status of Donbass. The Kyiv authorities have appointed local elections in the Donbass on 7 December, but the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk Republic 2 November held its elections. Kiev and most Western countries believe elections 2 November infractions of the Minsk agreements. Deputy Prime Minister DND Andrey Purgin have said before, that in Minsk, the parties agreed to hold elections in the Donbass it is 2 November. According to him, to talk about the elections on 7 December pointless, as they are appointed because of the Ukrainian law on the special status of Donbass, which in fact is not valid.

" the Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the situation in the East of Ukraine ", - said the official authorized global organization Stefan Dujarric at a press conference in the headquarters of the United Nations in new York.

according to his statement, ban Ki-moon agitates all parties urgently to assure its obligations to complete the execution of the letter and spirit of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum acknowledged to bring peace and stability in Ukraine ".

Minsk minutes dated September 5, outlined the General consensus that the Memorandum dated September 19 - details of the truce.


Kyiv authorities and Eastern militias held in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE dialogues, during which a consensus has universal stop the fire, the establishment of public security on the current line of contact, withdrawal of heavy weapons from this zone and settlements and deploy a monitoring mission of the OSCE.

in early autumn, the parties agreed to a truce and a few questions about the status of the region (), and September 19, developed to implement the Memorandum of nine points. The text of the Memorandum was read after negotiations, the Ukrainian Ombudsman, the second head of state Leonid Kuchma.

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