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Sergei Garmash, a member of the Ukrainian delegation of the trilateral contact group, believes that in the negotiations on Donbass, the Ukrainian side will have to make concessions to Moscow or risk holding a meeting of the Normandy Four.
In talks to resolve the situation in Donbass, Ukraine faced a difficult dilemma, a member of the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral contact group, journalist Sergei Garmash, said on August 30 on the television channel Ukraine 24. .
“The next meeting should be dedicated to the holding of the elections, so we ourselves must decide on this issue. If there really is progress on the security issue, then on the political issue I see no reason for compromises, because Moscow is demonstrating their unwillingness to make compromises, “he added. – he said.
According to the journalist, Russia “shows its desire to speak to Ukraine only in the language of ultimatums and at the same time tries to use the negotiation process to subjectivize its quasi-state puppet formations.”
Under such conditions, the Ukrainian leadership faces a difficult choice: to accept Moscow’s terms of the game for the very possibility of holding the summit, to make concessions and to really accept its concept of a civil war in Ukraine; or risk holding a meeting of the Quartet, but keep a conversation on an equal footing and safe for you the world “, – said Garmash.
He believes that “in the first case, Moscow can give peace, but it will be the” Russian world. “
“In the second, we will face a confrontation at the front and possibly the loss of support from France and Germany. But we will be able to maintain respect for ourselves,” Garmash explained.
In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, and the Russian army and the Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, on the other. The Russian Federation does not officially recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on a special procedure for local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in September 2014 (the need for such legislation is set out in the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass). Parliament has already extended its validity several times, the previous time, until December 31, 2019. On December 18, Zelensky signed a law to extend the special status until December 31, 2020.
In art. 10 of this law states that all its main provisions will come into force only after local elections are held in Donbass in accordance with Ukrainian legislation in accordance with international standards. The rest of the articles of the law do not apply, in particular: on amnesty and the non-admission of criminal prosecution of the participants in the Donbass events; on the right to linguistic self-determination of Donbass residents and the possibility of using the Russian language in state and local government bodies.
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