The presidential
spokesman rreiterated that "a settlement in southeastern Ukraine may be
achieved only as a result of the implementation of the Minsk accords".
MOSCOW, September 18.
/TASS/. The issue of Crimea’s sovereignty is closed for Russia, and Moscow is
not reviewing this matter in the context of a settlement for southeastern
Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported. He responded to a request by
reporters to comment on the intentions of some Ukrainian politicians to revert
to the matter of their country’s territorial integrity based on the Budapest
Memorandum on Security Assurances.
The Budapest
Memorandum on Security Assurances was signed by Russia, the UK, the US and
Ukraine in 1994 as a security guarantee for Kiev after it signed on to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Among other items, the
document stipulates Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The reporters asked about
the observance of this provision on "the Crimean part."
"There is no
‘Crimean part,’ nor can there be one," Peskov said.
The presidential
spokesman reconfirmed Moscow’s position that "a settlement in southeastern
Ukraine may be achieved only as a result of the implementation of the Minsk
accords."
"All the
countries share the opinion that this document has no alternative and are
guided by the necessity to carry it out," he stated.
"The
implementation of the document is being stalled by Kiev," Peskov
emphasized.
Source: ITAR-TASS
18-09-2018
