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According to Dmitry Kozak, representative of Russia in the talks of political advisers to the heads of state of the Normandy Four, the appointment of local elections in Ukraine goes beyond the agreement on the resolution of the conflict in Donbass. He suggested that the Ukrainian side formulate what does not suit it in the Minsk agreements.
At a meeting of political advisers to the leaders of the Nof the Normandy Quartet “- Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia – an agreement was reached on the revision of the Verkhovna Rada resolution on the appointment of local elections in Ukraine. After talks in Berlin on September 11, Deputy Head of Russia’s presidential administration, Dmitry Kozak, told reporters. The briefing was broadcast “
“The stumbling block today is the firm position, in terms of the number of votes, of the Ukrainian parliament to move away from the Minsk agreements. We agreed that in the near future the Verkhovna Rada will consider a draft resolution that corrects the resolution that was adopted on July 15, “Kozak said.
He noted that more and more voices are being heard from Kiev about the imperfection of the Minsk agreements.
“[Украинские] the deputy prime ministers and ministers constantly declare that it is necessary to review the Minsk agreements, which do not suit Ukraine. But then it is clear that it is necessary to make concrete proposals, which is ultimately wanted, ”said the deputy head of the administration of the Russian president.
He did not specify what exactly is the contradiction between the decree on elections to local authorities and the Minsk agreements, but stressed that this legal act “aggravated the situation.”
“The official decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to hold the next local elections is one of the key elements in the settlement of the conflict. That they are not held under the conditions stipulated in the Minsk agreements, but under some other conditions that do not clearly contradict the Minsk agreements, but it is not entirely clear which one, “Kozak tried to explain the Kremlin’s position.
July 15 Verkhovna Rada appointed local elections in Ukraine October 25. At the same time, local elections will not be held in the occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea: they will be appointed by a separate law if end the temporary occupation and armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
On July 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, described the resolution on local elections adopted by the Rada as contrary to the Minsk accords and jeopardizing the prospects of a agreement.
According to the head of the Ukrainian delegation of the trilateral contact group Leonid Kravchuk, Russia in the August negotiations delivered an ultimatum to change the Rada’s resolution on local elections. Russians demand elections be held also in the occupied parts of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, Kravchuk said.
The deputy prime minister and minister for the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, said in July that Ukraine will ask the leaders of the four Normandy countries to reconsider Minsk agreements if not implemented in 2020.
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