The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics need to see the document on the powers of the ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma as a negotiator in the contact group, besides this Question arose after the requirements of Kiev presence at the negotiations of the leaders LNR and DND, said Last news the Director of the National Council DND Andrey Purgin.

"It's not Kuchma, We can't choose who will represent Ukraine in the negotiations. We had a need to see a document that confirms the legality of Kuchma as the official envoy of Kiev. We took Kuchma as the messenger of Kiev by default. The question of its legitimacy from our side arose only when the Ukrainian side said that the negotiations should be a leader of the breakaway republics, " said Burgin.

on the Internet office of the President of Ukraine on Tuesday, appeared on behalf of the appointment of Kuchma's representative Kiev to Minsk negotiations on a voluntary basis. The document dated 8 July, and the range of opportunities Kuchma it is not written.

Authorized DND and LNR stated that the status of Kuchma must be official, so that he could, for example, to sign the consensus of the participants of the contact group on the settlement of Ukraine from Kiev.

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