Alexey Chepa
Kiev may start to follow Minsk agreements, if the West will make their implementation a prerequisite for receiving financial assistance. This opinion in an interview with “Tape.ru” stated the Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Alexei chepa Friday, may 12.
Answering the question, you will listen to the Ukrainian authorities to the call of the President of the United States Donald trump to build peaceful relations with Russia, chepa said that this requires political will of Kiev. In addition, for the resumption of dialogue required the implementation by Ukraine of the agreements Minsk, which insists Moscow, the MP said.
“If the terms of payment of the tranches of the International monetary Fund (IMF) will depend on the implementation of the agreements, if Kiev faster obey, because all that is being done and is happening in Ukraine, unfortunately, depends on their focus on finances,” said chepa.
May 11, the American leader has posted on his page on Twiiter post after talks with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin held a day earlier. Under photos from the meeting he placed a call to “Let’s build a world!”
After meeting with trump Klimkin the Ukrainian Embassy in the USA reported that the parties discussed the situation in Donbass and further support Kiev from Washington.
In September 2016, the IMF decided to allocate Ukraine tranche of a billion dollars in a four-year assistance programme. Its total volume is over $ 17 billion.
The Minsk agreements — a document adopted in February 2015 leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia in the format “Norman Quartet.” It is aimed at de-escalation of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine.