The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine: the care Tagliavini is not associated with the failures of the contact group
The resignation of Heidi Tagliavini as envoy of the OSCE in Ukraine is not associated with failure during the previous meeting of the trilateral contact group on the resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass, said the Ambassador for special assignments of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.
before a source close to the negotiations said Last news that the Resignation envoy of the OSCE at negotiations Heidi Tagliavini associated with a low negotiability of the parties and non-constructive behavior of the participants of the negotiation process.
"Heidi Tagliavini is extremely professional diplomat, who is very devoted many years to the same and the Ukrainian question, the reason why there are professional factors and human factors. Sometimes it all fits together to come to a decision what to do in life something new. I just did not associate the failure of the Minsk format with the decision of Mrs. Tagliavini to move away from it. We appreciate very much the contribution it continues to make in this process, " said Kuleba in the interview to Ukrainian TV channel.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand people.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".