The Russian Foreign Ministry assumes that these are just
"attempts to shift the blame on someone else".
MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. Moscow rejects accusations of freezing the conflict in Ukraine, these are attempts to shift the blame on someone else, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
"Russia is interested in resolving the conflict
close to its borders more than anyone else, despite the fact that from time to
time you hear statements that we allegedly want to protract this conflict
preserving it in such a frozen state forever," the minister said speaking
during the Potsdam Meetings at the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.
"These are attempts to shift the blame on someone else."
He drew attention to the need to make vigorous efforts
to restore mutual trust, which has been seriously undermined due to the
Ukrainian crisis.
"All of us agree that the speedy and full
implementation of the Minsk agreements remains on the table. Under these
accords, Kiev assumed specific obligations to grant special status to the
Donbass region, enshrining this in Ukraine’s Constitution, to pass the law on
amnesty and to hold local elections," Lavrov noted.
"I emphasize that we are talking about basic
European standards providing for citizens’ right to local self-government and
unhampered use of their mother tongue," he added.
Source: ITAR-TASS 08-11-2016
