Ukraine said about the consent of the UN Secretary General to increase the presence of the mission in the country
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, ban Ki-moon at a meeting With Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin expressed readiness to increase the organization's presence in Ukraine to de-escalate the situation in the Donbass, told in a local international Ministry. "The Secretary-General of the United Nations, ban Ki-moon pledged full support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and expressed readiness to increase the organization's presence to de-escalate and stabilize the situation in the East of Ukraine ", ? it is Reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine. As informs on Tuesday a press-service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Klimkin and meeting ban Ki-moon was held yesterday. The head of the Ukrainian Minister informed about the process of negotiations in the " Normandy format ", the trilateral contact group, as well as about the current state of implementation of the Minsk agreements and preparations for the holding of local elections According To international standards. Since mid-April last year, the Kiev authorities carried out in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the UN at the end of August, victims of the conflict in the East of Ukraine more than 8 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand has Been damaged health, 1, 5 million people became internally displaced. September 1, in the Donbass began a ceasefire, which the parties to the conflict agreed on 26 August in Minsk during the meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met With former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 13, summed up in practice, full compliance with the ceasefire regime in the Donbas Since the end of August this year. As stated by UN assistant Secretary General Ivan ?imonovi?, the Ukrainian leadership expressed its readiness to recognize that a number of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have been committed by Kiev-controlled forces and volunteer battalions.