Lavrov: Dialogue between Kyiv and Rebels Indispensable
03 de diciembre de 2015, 16:07Moscow, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov insisted Thursday that the solution of the Ukrainian conflict, requires a meticulous fulfilment of the agreements signed in Minsk, Belarus, through a direct contact between the parts.
Lavrov stated in an interview broadcast by Channel 24 that any conflict in the region, and out of the borders, requires solidary actions, to invite the parts to look for a commitment.
During the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Minister Council of the Organization for Safety and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Belgrade, Lavrov talked about other conflicts in the Old Continent, insisting that the OSCE values “do not admit unilateral actions”.
He mentioned that was the way the solutions were sought in places like Nagorno Karabaj, Trasdniéster, Cyprus.
Regarding the latter issue, Lavrov reiterated that western countries are beginning to understand better the real reasons for the crisis and gain in belief that their peaceful solution is possible and does not support any alternative, referring to the agreements in Minsk.
Coincident with this meeting, the staff of the insurgent Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) denounced today that Kyiv moved troops and 39 artillery systems tanks to nip in the Donbass (southeastern Ukraine).
The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense in that rebel territory, Eduard Basurin, said that seven battle tanks were observed near the population of Peski (north of Donetsk) three kilometers from the line of contact.
Also, eight tanks and two complex type Grad multiple rocket launchers and 10 self-propelled artillery systems were visible in Stepnoye (Maryinsky region), according to the source who cited the Agency News Donetsk (AND).
The official added that two Grad rocket launchers, four machine guns Giantsin-B 152 mm and four Msta-B of the same caliber were taken to the town of Novoselovka Pervaya controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The truce in Minsk between Kyiv and the DPR and the People’s Republic of Lugansk insurgents on 12 February and completed on September 29 establishes the withdrawal of heavy weapons from less than 100 millimeters and that caliber mortars and up to 120 at a distance 15 kilometers of the line of contact.
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