Russia will insist on increasing the number of observers of the OSCE mission in Ukraine, said the Russian Ambassador to the OSCE Andrey Kelin.

according to him, currently the OSCE mission in Ukraine there are 272 observer, 19 of them are Russian citizens, some of which are located in the East of the country.

" and in truth, at present mission 19 (Russians), presumably the same number We are told in the present as candidates for observers. All are former officers of the Ministry of internal Affairs (RET.), who expressed the desire to work as observers. To increase the number of opportunities do we have, unfortunately, small. From the beginning we agreed with the Chairman and the Secretariat that each side will be given a certain quota According to its contribution to the budget of the OSCE. And the fee we are small, " he said on air of the TV channel " Russia 24 ".

According to k?lin, as increasing mission Russia will increase the number of its observers.

" as the capacity of the mission, And We expect that numerically the mission will be extended to five hundred people, and in the East of Ukraine will be at least 350 observers, We will increase our number of people there, " he said.

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