Ukraine insists on expanding the OSCE presence on the borderline with Russia
Ukraine insists on expanding the presence of the OSCE observation mission on the whole interval of the Ukrainian-Russian border, which is not currently controlled by Ukrainian border guards, said the official authorized Ukrainian foreign Ministry Yevhen perebyinis.
Part of the Ukrainian-Russian border is under the control of the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk and Lugansk national republics.
The mandate of the OSCE mission 2-Russian border crossings " Donetsk " and " Gukovo " expires October 23. First, Russia has stated that it agrees to an extension of the mission's mandate for another 3 months, but do not agree with the requirements to make wider the scope of its activities. It is expected that the extension of the mandate of the mission will be considered on Wednesday.
As said Predrag at a press conference on Tuesday, the presence of OSCE observers only 2 checkpoints has " low value from the position effective monitoring by the state of adequate security measures ".
" Ukraine continues to insist on the extension of the OSCE presence on the entire area of the Ukrainian-Russian border, which at present is beyond the surveillance of the State border service of Ukraine, and advocated the need for placement of observers from the organization for extra checkpoints on the Russian side, " said the Commissioner of the foreign Ministry.
according to him, the Ukrainian side has to make wider activities of the OSCE on the Russian border crossing points " Voloshina ", " Novoshakhtinsk ", " Matveev Kurgan ", " Gukovo - Red Grave ", " showed ", " Mozaika ", " Titovka ".
According to the Russian Plenipotentiaries, the OSCE is not technically possible to implement such a large-scale operation, especially since it's not necessary, because the Russian Federation has full control of its side of the border.
at rallies in early April not recognize the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions announced the development of a " people's republics ", which after held in may referendum declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ". In Kiev DND and LNR not recognize. Against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents of Eastern Ukraine Kyiv began in April a military operation.