Deputy Foreign Minister commented on the Western version of the peacekeepers in the Donbass
As Karasin pointed out, the essence of the Russian proposal for the UN presence in the Donbass is that, wherever the OSCE SMM monitors work, wherever they move, they would be accompanied everywhere by the UN guards.
Thus, the UN forces, according to the Russian position, will play a secondary, supporting role in relation to the SMM (its mandate does not change), all existing negotiation platforms will remain - the Minsk contact group and the "Normandy format," the diplomat added.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation added that in this case "there is an attempt not only to turn everything upside down, but also to bury the Minsk agreements in general".
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin said earlier that Ukraine, the United States, Germany and France had practically developed a joint draft UN resolution on peacekeepers in the Donbas. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over attempts to delay consideration of the Russian draft resolution on the UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas.
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