Ambassador: more than 2, 5 thousand Ukrainians moved to Belarus in 2015
Nina Gurin. More than 2, 5, thousands of Ukrainians moved to Belarus since the beginning of this year, said the Ambassador of Belarus in Kiev Valentin Velichko.
according to UNICEF, the armed opposition in the Donbas region of more than 1, 5 million people became internally displaced. According to the Belarusian interior Ministry, the number of foreigners seeking on the background of events in the Donbass asylum in Belarus in 2014 increased over four times.
"in General to Belarus moved over 60 thousand citizens of Ukraine, and over 2, 5, thousands of Residents in the current year," said Velichko in conversation Agency "Ukrainian news" published on the Internet office of the Belarusian foreign Ministry. According to his statement, about 700 people applied for refugee status.
Speaking of Minsk As the platform for negotiations on Ukraine fall, the Ambassador noticed that there was some political ideas, without any conditions "." the basis was that it should help. Thoughts about to build the image on someone else's grief was not even close, and no. We are a fraternal country, with one history, Slavic spirituality. We have a good trade and economic relations, " he said.
Velichko tried to convince "to stop the war and to raise the economy," noting that the crisis had a negative impact on trade and economic relations between Belarus and Ukraine. However, according to his statement, common projects has not been stopped for some time. The Ambassador told about the readiness of Minsk to strive for maximal growth of turnover.
The diplomat also said that the parties continue to work on the establishment of a joint channel, as agreed at the end of last year, the presidents of the Ukraine and Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Petro Poroshenko." we must resolve the issue of financing. We very much wish to implement this project, but from desire to reality there is always some period of time, which requires detail, " he said.
The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the citizens of the region. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began More than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE. The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of a "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of a "silence" and report that conduct only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction in the Donbass peacekeepers.
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