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Seminar “Support of international negotiations on conflict resolution in Donbas: problems and prospects”

moroko — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:49:19 +0000

On January 23-25 CivilM+ platform members conducted the seminar “Support of international negotiations on conflict resolution in Donbas: problems and prospects”. During the first day of the seminar the participants were joined by the diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany and experts from OSCE to discuss in detail available negotiations formats for Donbass, their strong and weak sides. It was noted that beyond visible for everyone high level meetings of negotiators there is an ongoing dialog on the level of Deputy Ministers of foreign affairs and heads of departments of all four countries engaged in the peace negotiations for the conflict resolution in eastern Ukraine. There is a coordination between parties involved in different negotiations formats, such as Normandy, Minsk process and Volker-Surkov dialog. Diplomats noted that beyond political issues, where the progress is hard to reach, it is very important to use the platforms created for the negotiations to discuss practical issues such as ecology, access to water, or electricity, freedom of movement, where all parties might be interested in reaching progress. Even though the main trustworthy source of the information for the diplomats is OSCE SMM, it was noted that reports prepared by the NGOs often are useful and valuable helping to shed the light on particular issues.

On the remaining days of the seminar, the participants were discussing possible formats of the cooperation and the inputs NGO community can provide to the negotiations process.

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“Normandy Four” will discuss Minsk agreements and Steinmeier Formula

moroko — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:32:07 +0000

The Steinmeier formula and all the points of the Minsk agreements will be considered by the leaders of four countries, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with media representatives in Kyiv on September 12. The exact date of the next meeting is still unknown.

“We insist that this meeting must be held in September. Because the end of the war, the return of all our prisoners is a priority for me as President of Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, answering questions about a possible date of the meeting.

He emphasized that Ukraine was guided by the position of preserving national interests in the negotiations.

“You know perfectly well that I did not sign these Minsk agreements, but we understand that the responsibility is now on me. Nobody takes this responsibility away, because it is our country. And we will work and fight to protect Ukrainian interests,” the Head of State said.

Source: Website of Ukrainian President

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Safe Reintegration – What does that Mean?

moroko — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:24:22 +0000

What does reintegration mean? What options are available? What does the State have to do to ensure that national interests are not compromised during negotiations?
These questions are answered by Oleh Martynenko, Head of the Analytical Department of Ukraine’s Helsinki City Council for People’s Rights, based on the results of the round table “Challenges of the negotiations on Donbas: How to Make Reintegration Safe for Ukraine?

Read about the three steps offered by Oleg Martynenko on the UGSPL website. (in Ukrainian)

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