The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic is ready to violate the Minsk agreement and nourish the hope that they will be executed by all parties "not only on paper," said at a press conference the chief of staff of the head of DNR Maxim Leshchenko.

On Tuesday in Minsk held a regular meeting on the situation in Ukraine in the framework of the trilateral contact group.

"results of the Minsk meeting to speak still early, but We expect that these contracts will be not only on paper but will be made. We are ready to implement the Minsk agreement, " said Leshchenko.

The previous meeting of the contact group and its subgroups was held on 16 June against the background of aggravation of the situation in the Donbass. Attending the talks discussed the deterioration of the situation and measures to stop the fire. Commissioners of Donbass stressed the progress in obgovarivaya issues, for example, spoke about reaching an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons with a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres, but expressed dissatisfaction with the progress in negotiations.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read the full text of the Minsk agreements "

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