Zelensky called the terms and conditions of Kyiv's withdrawal from negotiations on the Donbass
If the situation in the area of hostilities in the Donbass will not change, and the agreement with Russia on the settlement of the conflict will not be achieved throughout the year, Kiev will refuse to negotiate with Moscow, said the head of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky interview in the guardian.
If the situation in the area of hostilities in the Donbass will not change, and the agreement with Russia on the settlement of the conflict will not be achieved throughout the year, Kiev will refuse to negotiate with Moscow, said the head of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky interview in the guardian.
"The clock is ticking. The authorities have the possibility to spend only a year at reaching agreements, " he said.
The President added that to continue to happen. However, he did not disclose what kind of arrangements being discussed. The Minsk agreement in the text are not mentioned.
Zelensky also revealed that during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the conference of "the Norman four" in Paris had some " emotional moments." However, according to his statement, the Russian President listened to him.
"I felt it. I hope it wasn't, " explained Zelensky.
1st 3 years of the summit of the countries " Norman Quartet ", which includes Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine, was held on 9 December in Paris. The sides adopted a joint communiqué and agreed to meet in four months in Berlin to continue work on resolving the situation in Donbas.
the document stresses that the Minsk agreement remains the basis for work in the Normandy format. In addition, there is dilution of the forces by the end of March 2020 in three new points in the Donbass. The leaders also called on to supply until the end of the year, the ceasefire in the conflict area. In addition, they asked the contact group to come to a common opinion about the exchange of prisoners in the Donbass according to the formula "all for all" before the end of the year and provide Red Cross " full and unconditional access to all the held persons ".
From this list, as long as it turned out only for the exchange of prisoners, the other provisions of the agreements, the Ukrainian side is sabotaging. So, at the talks in Minsk after the " Paris summit ", the self-proclaimed Republic of Donbass has proposed six areas in which it would be possible to dissolve the army. However, Commissioners Kiev this initiative was ignored. Their proposals they also have not made. According to the messenger LNR negotiations Vladislav Deinega, the Ukrainian side broke the implementation of the communiqué of the meeting "Norman Quartet" at the first after the summit meeting.
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