The decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the status of Donbass violate the Minsk consensus on the fact they're made, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following the meeting with the foreign Minister of Gabon Emmanuel Issoze Ngonde.

"Parliament on the proposal of the President made Decisions that truly rewrite consensus, simply put, is flagrantly violate them, as responsible for the introduction of the law on the special status of the need for the liberation of these territories, which they called occupied, the need to replace in practice, all elected by the people of those territories persons for someone else," - said Lavrov.

"And derives from the decision of the Verkhovna Rada that only when to lead these areas will be those who are acceptable to Kiev, only then, the law on the special status will begin to act," he added.

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Parliament has postponed the introduction of special government order in the Donbas to the holding of elections in accordance with Ukrainian legislation And approved the list of areas that will be covered by the law on the special status. In addition, the Verkhovna Rada approved the appeal of the President of Petro Poroshenko in the UN security Council And the EU Council on the deployment within the country international peacekeeping And security, adopted the resolution on the recognition of individual territories of Donetsk And Lugansk regions occupied at the time. DNR AND LC told that, by adopting these laws, the Board has given the inability of Kiev And there are no compromises with him until the cancellation of these decisions is impossible.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France And Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons And the development of the security zone.

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