An agreement was reached on developing a roadmap for the
implementation of the Minsk agreements at the Berlin meeting of the Normandy
Four leaders.
MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Ukraine is trying to replace the Minsk agreements with its version of a roadmap to defuse the conflict in the Donbass region, heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR) to the Contact Group talks told TASS on Monday.
"(Ukrainian President Pyotr) Poroshenko hopes that the roadmap will replace the Package of Measures," said LPR envoy Vladislav Deynego.
"The roadmap does not replace the Package of
Measures, it spells out the details. What Poroshenko is talking about is some
new agreements. However, all Normandy Four participants have expressed their
commitment to the current document," DPR envoy, Denis Pushilin, noted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Pyotr
Poroshenko met in Berlin last week to discuss the settlement in eastern
Ukraine. No documents were signed at the meeting. Nevertheless, an agreement
was reached on developing a roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk
agreements. This document is expected to be drafted and approved until the end
of November.
Commenting on the results of the summit, Poroshenko said
that the roadmap should stipulate the transfer of control over Ukraine’s state
border with Russia in the Donbass conflict zone to an armed OSCE mission until
local elections envisaged by the Minsk agreements are held. However, Point 9 of
the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements states
that control over the state border can only transferred to Kiev and only after
local elections are held.
Source: ITAR-TASS 25-10-2016
