OSCE negotiators in Minsk against the prisoner exchange " all for all "
The parties to the talks in Minsk are not fundamentally opposed to the exchange of prisoners, " all for all ", said the coordinator of the working group on humanitarian issues of the contact group on Ukraine of the OSCE Tony Frisch.
"So the Question was raised (the exchange of" all for all " ). Large restrictions and the unwillingness of any of the parties I heard, " said Frisch.
He was unable to complement the exact number of prisoners, which is expected to be exchanged.
Frisch said that the prisoner exchange was One of 2 issues that were discussed at the subgroup meeting. on the agenda were two issues - the exchange of prisoners and humanitarian issues. We have been very focused on the Issue of exchange of prisoners, " He said, reminding that the cartel has already passed." kind of nice to take measures to further steps in this direction, " said Frisch.
according to his statement, this is not the last meeting of the subgroup on humanitarian issues." most of the questions are still open, we still assume the meeting ", - He said.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read
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