Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the Kremlin's Decree on recognition of so-called documents issued on the territories of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
19.02.2017 12:20 | Fin.Org.UA / Ukrainian Government
Ukraine
strongly condemns and doesn"t recognize the Kremlin"s Decree on recognition of
so-called documents issued on the territories of certain areas of the Donetsk
and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
De-facto,
the Kremlin"s Decree constitutes recognition of the Russia-controlled illegal
authoroties on the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donbas.
The Russian
side has yet again violated Ukraine"s state sovereignty and territorial
integrity, Russia"s international commitments, as well as the core idea and
principles of the Minsk agreements.
We call on
our international partners to step up the pressure on Russia so that it
unequivocally implements the Minsk agreements and returns to the international
legal framework.