Martin Schaefer, spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry, said Monday that German and French foreign ministers had agreed last week to dispatch unmanned aerial vehicles.
The agreement between Frank Walter Steinmeier and Laurent Fabius will support the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in monitoring Ukrainian-Russian border.
No details have been disclosed about the number of the drones nor operating staff to be dispatched to the conflict-hit region.
Germany sent a team of drone experts to Ukraine along with French experts in mid-September to survey the eastern part of the country.
Kiev and separatists agreed on a September 5 cease-fire during talks in Minsk which called for the release of hostages, withdrawal of heavy arms and humanitarian aid to be granted access to the area.
Unrest in eastern Ukraine has torn the region apart since April, when Kiev launched military operations in the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk to restore government control.
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Germany to send more humanitarian aid to Ukraine, as well as drones and paratroopers....
ReplyDeleteGermany has officially notified the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of its readiness to send to Ukraine reconnaissance drones.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday Berlin will dispatch to Ukraine two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed to monitor the border, as well as “an armed escort”.
Steinmeier said it is necessary to ensure security for monitors. “Now we are waiting for decisions of the OSCE and its member countries,” the minister told journalists after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin.
The German tabloid Bild earlier reported that German Bundeswehr (armed forces) soldiers will protect the OSCE’s monitoring mission in Ukraine. The newspaper said the talk was about 200 paratroopers, 150 of whom will operate UAVs and control the situation in troubled areas in Ukraine’s embattled east..................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/753800
10/10/14