German politician: the Europeans do not want to die in Kiev or in conjunction with it
Visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the United States has once again demonstrated that between Brussels And Washington there is no unity on Ukrainian issues, printed in his own essay for the newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung on Wednesday, former Minister of economic cooperation in the government of the Federal Republic of Germany Erhard, Eppler, adding that Europe has the capability to be only interested in the peaceful resolution of this conflict.
"in Kyiv must understand: the Europeans, and among them, the Germans And the French are in favour of Ukraine, which has a chance to become a working, reliable, economically revived by the government, which is politically And economically oriented towards the EU, however, does not enter into NATO. But this happens only if Russia will also receive a European perspective And is ready to cooperate with Ukraine, the most important economically. The EU alone cannot improve Ukraine regardless of Russia. And to die for or in conjunction with Kiev Europeans don't want, " says Eppler.
in 2014, Ukraine saw the coup d'etat, which escalated into a conflict between Kyiv authorities And Eastern regions of the country - the Donetsk And Lugansk regions. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 5, 3 thousands of civilians. German intelligence told about the fact that in the clashes lost their lives more than 50 thousand people. Hand many times attempted to come to a consensus with the mediation of the Russian Federation, the OSCE And a number of European States. In Minsk on 5 September were signed consensus between Kiev And self-proclaimed Donetsk And Lugansk national republics about the conditions of peace, which consisted of 12 items, but until now they have not done.
As expected, in Minsk on Wednesday in the 2nd part of the day must be a summit with the participation of leaders "channel format" - the presidents of Russia, Ukraine And France as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The parties will attempt to reach consensus on the issue of ceasefire And a peaceful resolution to the conflict situation in the Donbass.
"Barack Obama agreed with Angela Merkel that the unity between them is present. He wants to wait for the decision in Minsk. I hope that Poroshenko does not interpret it so that He is obliged to obstruct consensus in Minsk, to the capital of the USA won the citizens who want to supply him with weapons, " writes Eppler.
about the fact that Americans want to put Kiev lethal weapon character, told in the beginning of last week in the U.S. capital. The statements were made equally in the process held in the last weekend of the Munich security conference.
"in Kiev put on the American map. Having behind US, there won't refuse bloody revenge " terrorists ". As long as this continues, And the separatists are worried about their own fate, they will not be anyone to obey, even Putin. Because of this, any ceasefire is fragile, " says Eppler.
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