Poroshenko refused to introduce peacekeepers “according to the Russian scenario”
Peacekeeping mission in the Donbass will not take place “according to the Russian scenario,” said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. According to him, the scenario operations should develop all the countries that are in solidarity with Ukraine.
Together with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau press conference, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has rejected the Russian plan for the deployment of peacekeepers in the Donbass. He said that the UN peacekeeping force should be placed in the entire territory of the breakaway republics and to control the border with Russia. The recording of the press conference the President of Ukraine has published on his page in Facebook.
“I would like to remind that in the spring of 2015 it was the Ukrainian initiative [on the deployment of peacekeepers in Donbas], which is completely abandoned Russia. Now, I believe we have a unique chance. Of course, it’s Russian script, because, as you know, the devil is in the details,” — said Poroshenko.
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“The peacekeeping mission must act under a UN mandate and be located in the entire territory of Donbas to the border between Russia and Ukraine not to let Russian troops and weapons to get to the occupied territories. Of course, we would welcome the strengthening of the role of our partners in this matter”, — said the President of Ukraine.
In his opinion, to develop a scheme of peacekeeping operations should all stand in solidarity with Kiev, the country.
“It should not be a Ukrainian proposal, and it should be suggestions of all countries who demonstrated solidarity with Ukraine,” — summed Poroshenko. He said that the introduction of peacekeepers in Donbass by the shortest route to peace in his country.