Fresh betrayal

Europe convinces Kyiv not to wait for Moscow to fulfill its part of the Minsk agreements, but to show goodwill and provide the occupied areas of Donbass with a special status - not for three years, as provided for by the relevant law of Ukraine, but forever. This was reported by "European Pravda" with reference to sources in the Verkhovna Rada.

According to the publication, it was this topic that the European Commissioner for the expansion and policy of the neighborhood of Johannes Khan was actively discussed during his visit to Kyiv last week. “For some reason, the integrated approach to the implementation of Minsk-2 is suddenly leveled,” said the first deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ivanna Klimpush-Zintsadze. “Despite the fact that the first steps have not been performed-the truce is not observed, the technique is not allocated, they did not return the hostages,” the EU invites Kyiv to take a fifth or seventh step. ”

The negotiations of the European Commissioner with the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, said one of the sources of the newspaper, "were incredibly complex and emotional, even switched to increased tones." “The Ukrainian participants took the idea as almost a betrayal from the Khan,” he said. “At some point, the representative of the Ukrainian side even told the commissar that he defends the same position as representatives of Moscow,” another interlocutor of the publication said.

The meeting of the khan with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, according to the sources of "European Truth", was more calm, because "the commissar was more constructive, he listened more." Nevertheless, the topic of concessions of Ukraine was also raised at this meeting, although the European guest outlined his wishes in softer formulations.

It is also known that recently a closed discussion was held in the European Union, during which one of the most senior EU officials who are engaged in Ukraine also called on Kyiv to “show goodwill”, endowing the Donbass with a constant special status.

Meanwhile, the interlocutor of the publication in the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine noted that this is not about the requirements for Kyiv, but only about the proposal to "discuss" the possibility of such a measure. There are no new requirements from the European Union, the official assured.

One way or another, the European Pravda reports, today, without exception, all the interlocutors of the newspaper categorically opposed any revision of the Minsk agreements. Meanwhile, it is the joint position of Kyiv that will close the further discussion of this topic in the EU, the publication says.