Viktor YanukovychMOSCOW, Mar 14 Plan to implement the Minsk agreements and resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine could not be approved in seven years due to the inaction of Kyiv and Washington, Ukrainian ex-president Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «An initiative group was created from various regions and countries — Ukraine, Russia, Israel, the United States and others. These are industrialists , businessmen, religious figures, scientists, journalists,» Yanukovych said. «In the shortest possible time, a plan was developed to implement the Minsk agreements.» The Foreign Ministry assessed the likelihood of «reanimation» of the Minsk agreementsAccording to him, it was assumed that the plan would be signed by the President of Ukraine and the authorized representative of Donbass, as well as guarantors — the United States and the Russian Federation. «Starting from 2015 and until the beginning of 2022, the initiative group carried out a lot of organizational work, negotiations, persuasion, clarifications with representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the United States and some EU countries. As a rule, we were listened to, discussions were mostly correct, no one denied that peace must be achieved. But in the end, neither «yes» nor «no,» the ex-president said. «there are complex internal discussions, a lot of internal contradictions.»
