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Blogger, military observer and most recently advisor to the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group to resolve the situation in Donbass, Alexey Arestovich, said that national interests are reliably protected.
In addition, participation in the TCG is the second front in Ukraine’s war, which is fought through diplomatic means. The newly appointed speaker told on the air of Ukraine 24 channel about why he agreed to take office and what he will do.
“My main warning was about the policy followed by the Ukrainian delegation and whether the national interests of Ukraine are reliably protected. When I was convinced of everything, I agreed. I saw it for a long time, at least two or three months, I participated in a meeting of several subgroups “, – Arestovich admitted.
According to him, he has been assigned various tasks in the TCG. First of all, he will be responsible for ensuring that the citizens of Ukraine, the media and international partners are promptly notified of what is happening, about “the objectives of our policy and the ways to achieve them.”
“The Russians were constantly ahead of us in interpreting what they had agreed to, and we tried to catch up with them for three or four days, which was not an advantage for us. To correct this situation, I agreed to take this course.” that I am not just a speaker, but an information policy advisor, that is, I make communication decisions “. – Arestovich emphasized.
He added that the prisoner exchange is still “on hold” at the TCG, for about a week, and will be discussed after the Ukrainian side presents an action plan.
“Because there are comments from us, they will be detailed, we will ask that we be taken into account. Then the consultations within the group on humanitarian issues will start again,” he added. – said the speaker.
He noted that, in his opinion, as a military observer, there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements to resolve the situation in Donbass.
“These are agreements that were agreed upon by the UN Security Council, these are reasons for maintaining sanctions for Russia in particular, this is the provision of international, even military, assistance to Ukraine. It would be foolish and risky to reject it, we must behave as a state, “he added. – said Arestovich.
It should be noted that the Servant of the People parliamentary faction expressed outrage at the appointment of a military observer as a communications adviser to the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbass of Ukraine. They decided to summon Arestovich to a meeting of the faction to talk.
As OBOZREVATEL reported:
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On October 28, Aleksey Arestovich announced that he was appointed adviser to the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group on Information Policy, with the authority of a “single voice” to inform the media, international partners and the people of Ukraine.
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It turned out that in 2017, Arestovich stated that he allegedly did not consider Ukraine as part of Europe. On Facebook, the expert complained that in Ukrainian society one should not express his opinion, choose a language to communicate and have one’s own values.
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Furthermore, Aleksey Arestovich, advisor and spokesperson for the Ukrainian delegation of the Donbass TCG, previously said that he did not consider himself a patriot.
