Kiev will appeal to the United Nations (U.N.) and the European Union (EU) to deploy a peacekeeping and security operation in Lugansk and Donetsk regions to ensure effective implementation of the Minsk peace agreement, the press service said in a statement posted on the presidential website.
To come into force, the NSDC decision should be also approved by the Ukrainian parliament, which is scheduled to vote on the issue on Tuesday.
Ukraine's intention to call for the deployment of an international peacekeeping mission has triggered skepticism from the pro-independence insurgents, who said that the presence of any peacekeepers would violate the Minsk agreement reached on Feb.12.
Since the peace deal came into force on Feb. 15, the ceasefire has been generally observed in eastern regions despite sporadic violations and the warring sides have started the withdrawal of their heavy weapons from the frontline.
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Deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine not envisioned by Minsk documents — DPR envoy...
ReplyDeleteInvolvement by Kiev of foreign peacekeepers to be deployed in Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk regions) is out of line with the Minsk agreements and may put at risk the further process of peace settlement, self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) official representative in the Contact Group on Ukrainian settlement Denis Pushilin said Monday.
"Despite our repeated statements that it is necessary to strictly follow the Package of Measures on implementation of the Minsk agreements, [Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko approved a request to the UN and EU on deployment of peacekeepers to Ukraine, signing a relevant decree," Pushilin, who is also a deputy chairman of the DPR parliament, told the Donetsk news agency............http://tass.ru/en/world/780551
2/3/15