Poroshenko: meeting in Minsk will be the most important for the presidency
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the upcoming Wednesday in Minsk meeting in the "channel format" will be the most important in his entire presidential career.
in Minsk on Wednesday scheduled dialogues in "channel format" for resolving the conflict situation in the Donbass. As said Last news source familiar With the negotiations, will discuss the discharge of heavy weapons, the development of the demilitarized zone and the constant dialogue between Kyiv and Donetsk region.
"I can say that over time as President I have probably not been and will not be meeting more important than today in Minsk," Poroshenko said during the extended meeting of the Cabinet. The President also said he is President of the world and militarily the situation in the Donbass not to solve it.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 5, 3 thousands of civilians. German intelligence told about the fact that killed more than 50 thousand people.
Hand many times attempted to come to a consensus with the mediation of the Russian Federation, the OSCE and a number of European countries. In Minsk on 5 September were signed consensus between Kiev and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics about the conditions of peace, which consisted of 12 items, but until now they have not been fully made. Since then, meetings of the contact group With the authorized DND and LNR was inconclusive.