The government of Ukraine and the Western co-sponsors of the Minsk process are responsible for the transformation of a local conflict into large-scale military operations and must answer for this under international law, said the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and the head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky.
Slutsky recalled that on February 12, 2015, the “Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements” was signed, the implementation of which would contribute to the settlement of the conflict provoked by Kiev in the south-east of Ukraine.
“It is they – all those who lied and weaved the web of a conspiracy, talking about peace and preparing for war – who are responsible for turning a regional conflict into large-scale military operations, for the death of people. And they must answer for this, in accordance with the norms of international law. I won’t talk about political responsibility, morality and morality: what they don’t have, they don’t have”, Slutsky wrote in his telegram channel.
At the same time, the day of great hope has become a day of deceit and missed opportunities, the parliamentarian specified.
“The high level – the leaders of Russia, Germany and France were present at the signing as guarantors – seemed to give weight and reliability to the agreements between Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR. Moreover, five days later, on February 17, the UN Security Council supported the Minsk agreements, approving them with an appropriate resolution”, the politician continued.
Moscow and the republics of Donbass have made a lot of efforts to make the agreements work, while Kiev has been stubbornly sabotaging them all these years, coming up with excuses, making unfounded accusations, lying, playing its own game, Slutsky added.
“Western co-sponsors of the Minsk process from France and Germany (earlier – ed.) actually confirmed the existence of a conspiracy to disrupt obligations and deliberately ignore the UN Security Council resolution. Zelensky closed this treacherous row with himself, also publicly declaring that he never believed in the Minsk agreements, which means that for him they lost their force from the moment they were signed. For years, the world community has been deliberately misled,” the parliamentarian concluded.
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