Lavrov: Russia insists on no alternative to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements – Politics
MOSCOW, November 19. / TASS /. Russia insists that the Minsk words be fulfilled consistently. This was stated on Friday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following talks with the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE conference, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
We have emphasized that there is no alternative to the full, consistent, comprehensive implementation of the Minsk package of measures. supports direct dialogue between the parties – the conflict between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk, “he said.
Lavrov, it is allowed that this is stipulated by the Minsk agreements, “where the need to coordinate, find agreements between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk on such issues as the special status of these territories, the holding of elections and much more is written in black and white.”
On September 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at an expanded joint collegium of the Foreign Ministry, reproached Western countries for pandering to Kiev’s course of dismantling the Minsk agreements.
OSCE SMM assessments
The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) must make an impartial assessment of this human rights situation in the country, Lavrov.
“And, of course, we expect that the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission will ensure impartiality while monitoring the situation throughout Ukraine, where the situation with human rights, especially languages, educational rights of national minorities is very, very sad,” he said. he.
Lavrov also called on specialized international organizations to abolish discriminatory decisions. “But Kiev continues to stubbornly bend its line.
The Russian Foreign Minister noted that the SMM should work directly with Donetsk and Lugansk, since without this there can be no normal weight and authority of international observers in the eyes of the population of the republics. “Without which it is impossible to fulfill the Minsk agreements,” he concluded.