LPR's envoy to the
Minsk talks Vladislav Deinego said Kiev's representatives refused to discuss
"real measures to establish a ceasefire regime".
LUGANSK, April 18.
/TASS/. The videoconference of participants in the Contact Group on settlement
of the situation in eastern Ukraine has yielded no results because of Kiev's
unconstructive position, the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR)
envoy to the Minsk talks Vladislav Deinego said on Thursday.
"The
videoconference of the Contact Group, as well as of the working sub-group on
security, yielded no results. Representatives of the current Kiev authorities
took a very unconstructive position by refusing to discuss with Donbass
representatives the real measures to establish a ceasefire regime,"
LuganskInformCenter quoted Deinego as saying.
At the Minsk talks,
Kiev's representatives "were trying to talk about anything other than real
steps that would help to ensure a stable ceasefire," he added.
The foreign ministry
of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) also attributed the
failure to establish ceasefire to Kiev's position. "Unfortunately, the
lack of common sense of the Ukrainian side which continues to fight against
Russia in their fantasies, has made everything to prevent reaching consensus on
the most important task — to ensure a comprehensive and stable ceasefire, thus
establishing a precedent of failing to coordinate a truce," Donetsk News
Agency quoted the DPR foreign ministry as saying.
"Of course, we
are interested in the soonest coordination of the ceasefire ahead of the Easter
holidays, but it is obvious that this is only possible if additional control
measures are taken. We hope that at the upcoming meeting in Minsk on April 24
the Ukrainian side will tone down its political ambitions and will support
peaceful initiatives on establishing a real 'Easter ceasefire'," the DPR
foreign ministry noted.
Source: ITAR-TASS
19-04-2019
