USA agitating the Ukrainian Authorities to fulfill their part of obligations under the resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbas during the Minsk agreement, said Tuesday Vice President Joe Biden, speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament.
during which He spoke before the Ukrainian Parliament.

"Ukraine also has its obligations, which include the granting of Amnesty to persons who have not committed serious crimes involving the highest measure of retribution, as well as the decentralization of government in the Donbass. We said all that further delay is unacceptable, including elections in the Donbass ", - said Biden.

according to his statement, only the complete fulfillment by the parties of taken on their own shoulders obligations will ensure the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas. He said that among other things required to be allotted heavy weapons from the contact line, the OSCE mission must have access to all the territories in the area.

Biden also tried to convince the Russian Federation to use its influence on militias in the Donbass elections under Ukrainian law and OSCE standards.

The Ukrainian authorities in April last year started against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document from February 12 - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and the creation of security zones, obliges the Ukrainian Authorities to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of holding local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status " of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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