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The first prime minister of independent Ukraine, Vitold Fokin, threatened to withdraw from negotiations to resolve the situation in Donbass. He announced it on the radio, Vesti.ua reports.
Fokin is the deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG). He explained that he would have to leave the TCG if he did not receive support from the authorities. “If no one hears my individual proposals in a month, then I will think about it,” Fokin said.
The former prime minister believes that many citizens will be disappointed because they trust him and expect positive decisions. Fokin added that they were rinsing it in the mud, but it wouldn’t break it.
Fokin, 87, agreed to join the TCG in August. On July 30, the Ukrainian delegation was led by the country’s first president, Leonid Kravchuk, 86.
In early September, Fokin ended up at the Myrotvorets base for saying that the parties to the Donbass conflict must reach mutual concessions. The former prime minister was called a provocateur who deliberately participates in “anti-Ukrainian propaganda activities”.
The military conflict in Donbass began in 2014, when parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions declared their independence following the change of central government in Kiev. Ukraine accuses Russia of occupying these territories. Moscow rejects the claim.
