Source: Kyiv is delaying the signing of the Treaty about the diversion of arms
The Ukrainian side is seeking to delay the signing of the document on the withdrawal of weapons with a calibre less than 100 mm, said a source close to the talks after a meeting in Minsk participants of the subgroup on security contact group on the resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass.
"Ukraine is strongly committed to increase the timing of the withdrawal, and also to delay the date of signing of the document ", - quotes the words of the source.
It is noted that an agreed document At the moment there is no time, a contentious issue was the schedule of withdrawal of weapons of a calibre less than 100 mm from the contact line.
first it was claimed that the Plenipotentiary representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic in the negotiations Vladislav Danego confirmed that the sub-group on safety has finished, the text of the agreement for the withdrawal of weapons of a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres is being finalized. In addition, the subgroup may in the near future to continue working on the harmonization of the document of allotment.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military action 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 7, 8 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.