The exchange of prisoners and withdrawal of forces: as agreed by the leaders of "Norman Quartet"
The leaders of the "Normandy Quartet" Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel macron and Vladimir Zelensky received a Communiqué following the meeting in Paris, the Document came into the hands of the Last news .
The leaders of the "Normandy Quartet" Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel macron and Vladimir Zelensky received a Communiqué following the meeting in Paris, the Document came into the hands of the Last news .
Communiqué consists of three items: "Immediate Measures to stabilize the situation in the conflict region ", "Measures to implement the political provisions of the Minsk agreements" and " Continuation ".
The document calls the Minsk agreement on the Donbas basis of work in "Norman" format expresses the interest of the Quartet in negotiating a special status for the region. The Declaration also provides for the dilution of forces by the end of March 2020 in the three new paragraphs in the Donbass and the opening of new border crossing points within 30 days.
in addition, the Leaders "channel four" campaign Contact group to provide the exchange of detained in the Donbass "all for all" before the end of the year and provide Red cross " full and unconditional access to all the held persons ".
As head of France Emmanuel macron following the meeting in Normandy format will be held in four months. From the Communiqué it follows that one Of the main themes will be the organization of local elections in the Donbass.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, explaining the results of the meeting, called the work "channel" the summit " very useful ". He also expressed gratitude to the leaders who took part in these negotiations.
However, He said that in the final Communiqué after the meeting of leaders "Norman Quartet" emphasized the lack of alternatives to strict compliance with the Minsk agreements.
He added that the document emphasized the importance of direct dialogue between the parties to the conflict, and assured that Moscow will do everything to resolve the conflict in the Donbass.
According to Putin, the settlement of the situation in the Donbass was "warming" achieved consensus suggests that the process is going in the right direction.
Putin tried to convince not to forget about ordinary people in the Donbass, saying that the consensus of the leaders of "Norman Quartet" are obliged to improve their lives not once, but at the present time.
The Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev is ready to implement the agreements reached in Paris, but This " two-way street ".
"we have a chance that all of the consensus will stick, but we have a clear understanding that only the real action will be the commitment of all to peace" - He said.
While Zelensky noticed that after the summit left a lot of questions that didn't happen." undoubtedly it is necessary to do so in the future. I am confident that we surely will solve them together, " He added.
Zelensky also drew attention that will never agree to the federalization of Ukraine." Ukraine is a unitary state, It is immutable article of the Constitution of Ukraine and the inviolability of the principle of the existence of the country, " He said.
in addition, the Ukrainian leader said that the local elections in Donbas possible only on Ukrainian law and OSCE standards. He also admitted that he does not realize How to control the full observance of the truce in the Donbass, because before such a consensus broke.
the head of France Emmanuel macron at a press conference on the results of the summit said that the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine depends on the stability of the European continent and the building of a new architecture.
Macron also told about the progress on a number of issues." This is the theme of breeding, ceasefire, exchange of prisoners, the need to rebuild trust over the coming months, " He said.
The participants of the summit in "Norman" format agreed to stick to the formula Steinmeier said, for his part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel." This was due to the courage of Ukraine, because after all, This is the formula Steinmeier, It's quite interesting... the Story is about the sequence in which we are implementing different Measures, " she said.
Merkel added that specifically the story is about " addition to the Minsk agreement ", for example, on the temporary granting Donbas a special status during the local elections, and after the assessment of the elections the OSCE will be to introduce a special status on an ongoing basis.
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