Who sabotaged Minsk talks on Ukraine?One of the most important rounds of talks on Ukraine's crisis took place today in Minsk. The meeting took place after hostilities resumed in Donbass. The meeting was attended by the former president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma who said that "the meeting was sabottaged by the absence of the co-signers of Minsk agreements - Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitskiy and categorical statements made by their representatives - Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deyney, as well as their refusal to discuss any action plan for establishing an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons," Interfax quotes Kuchma as saying.Kuchma added that the Ukrainian side will not accept any ultimatums and preconditions. "Our principled position on the peaceful settlement of the crisis in some areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions remains unchanged: the full and strict implementation of the agreements signed in Minsk on September 5 and 19, 2014, starting with the immediate establishment of a ceasefire," Kuchma said.
One of the most important rounds of talks on Ukraine's crisis took place today in Minsk. The meeting took place after hostilities resumed in Donbass.
The meeting was attended by the former president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma who said that "the meeting was sabottaged by the absence of the co-signers of Minsk agreements - Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitskiy and categorical statements made by their representatives - Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deyney, as well as their refusal to discuss any action plan for establishing an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons," Interfax quotes Kuchma as saying.
Kuchma added that the Ukrainian side will not accept any ultimatums and preconditions. "Our principled position on the peaceful settlement of the crisis in some areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions remains unchanged: the full and strict implementation of the agreements signed in Minsk on September 5 and 19, 2014, starting with the immediate establishment of a ceasefire," Kuchma said.
