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The Foreign Ministry expressed a strong protest to the Russian side with the address of the corresponding note.
The Kremlin’s decision contradicts the Russian side’s obligations under the Minsk accords and also ignores efforts in the Normandy and TCG format, the Foreign Ministry noted.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has sent a note of protest to Russia over the amendments to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the recognition of the “documents” of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass. This was reported on the website of the Foreign Ministry on Friday, November 6.
“Today a decree of the President of the Russian Federation was promulgated, which is another attempt by the Russian authorities to legalize the illegal issuance of documents and vehicle registration plates to residents of these areas in certain areas of the Donetsk regions and Lugansk in Ukraine, in addition to granting them Russian citizenship in a simplified manner, “the statement said. …
Kiev considers that these steps by the Russian side are another element of aggression against Ukraine, directed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, and are “clear evidence of the Kremlin’s intention to continue the war against Ukraine not only by armed means. , but also legal “.
“The illegal decision of the Kremlin openly contradicts the obligations of the Russian side under the Minsk agreements, ignores the efforts made in the Normandy format and the Trilateral Contact Group to maintain a ceasefire and a peaceful resolution of the conflict in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in Ukraine. We emphasize once again that the Kremlin decrees on the so-called “Recognition of documents and registration marks” and “simplified procedure” for granting citizenship of the Russian Federation to residents of certain Areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in Ukraine will not be recognized by the Ukrainian side, “said Ukrainian diplomats.
The Foreign Ministry notes that the international community will also not recognize these Russian documents and any transactions based on them.
In connection with the publication of this decree, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its energetic protest to the Russian side with the direction of a note, exhorts our international partners, mainly through the Normandy format, to condemn the actions of the Federation of Russia and take the necessary pressure measures, including sanctions. raised by Ukraine on international platforms, including within the framework of the UN, OSCE and EC ”, summarized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier this week, the head of the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG, Leonid Kravchuk, said that Kiev had developed a Joint Steps Plan, which foresaw the complete end of the armed conflict in Donbass.
In response, the spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, announced the rejection of Ukraine’s plan for Donbass. According to him, the Russian authorities do not intend to stop issuing Russian passports to residents of the separatist enclaves of the “LDNR”.
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