Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro KulebaKYIV, Feb 9The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev does not refuse to comply with the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass, but will not comply with them on the terms of the Russian Federation. The question is: will the Minsk agreements be implemented on Russian terms, in the Russian interpretation, or will they be implemented as they are, not twisted by Russia? this does not mean that we will not comply with the Minsk agreements in principle,» Kuleba said at a briefing on Wednesday, which was broadcast online.Zelensky confirmed his desire to implement the Minsk agreements, Macron said. He added that during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Kiev, which took place after negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the French leader did not persuade the Ukrainian leadership to implement the Minsk agreements on Moscow's terms. Earlier, Macron, following the results of negotiations in Kiev, said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed his desire to implement the Minsk agreements. Western politicians, including US President Joe Biden, have repeatedly expressed support for the Minsk agreements. Biden, following talks with the Russian President in Geneva in June 2021, said that he had agreed to support the Minsk agreements at a meeting with Putin — «we will continue diplomacy along the line of the Minsk agreements.» Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later said that Biden himself told the Russian president that he wanted to help with the implementation of the Minsk agreements on Donbass, including with the autonomous status of the region. In addition, according to Lavrov, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and CIA Director William Burns, during contacts with the Russian leadership, directly confirmed the need to implement the Minsk agreements, including the special status of Donbass.
Ukraine is again on the hook of the Minsk agreements
