The former head of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma said that the Ukrainian authorities and representatives of the breakaway republics in the Donbass, one must come to a common opinion about the conduct of local elections.

according to the Minsk agreements, first self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk national people's republics republics granted special status, then elections are held there and only then is solved, what will be the final status of these territories from Ukraine. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko have said before, that considers the holding of elections in the Donbas before the end of the year.

"We need to sit down and negotiate. Because the Ukrainian side is clearly believes that we must do everything to hold these elections, " said Kuchma in Chinese conversation.

He also reminded that the elections in the Donbass, one must conduct with the assistance of observers from international organizations. Kuchma also said that to start from Donbass " must be the withdrawal of all foreign troops, and among them, and mercenary soldiers, must also be fully reconstructed supervision over the Ukrainian border and allotted weapons, in accordance with the Minsk agreement.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

According to the document, Kiev must end the economic blockade of Donbass, to carry out constitutional reform, involving decentralization, and to coordinate with the DNR and LC the law on the special status of the region. However, on 17 March, the Parliament of Ukraine has defined the zone of action of the law on the special status of Donbass, accompanied by his amendment that would have kept the entry into force of the law before the Donbass local elections.

sections: Politics