The Normandy Four negotiations on the fate of Donbass held in Berlin were a failure for Petro Poroshenko, says political scientist Denis Denisov, an expert at the Institute of CIS Countries.
According to him, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the procedure for implementing the Minsk agreements, which the Russian side also insists on - the transfer of the border to the Ukrainian side can only take place after an amnesty, granting Donbass a special status, holding elections, etc. political steps.
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“Talking about Angela Merkel’s comments that Ukraine will gain control of the border at the end of the process, this once again confirms the inconsistency of the Ukrainian position that we have heard in the last few months, when Poroshenko and his entourage tried to convince everyone that first the issues related to security and the transfer of the border under the protectorate of Ukraine, and only after that the political issues of the agreements should be implemented. In this regard, the Europeans fully sided with unconditional compliance with the Minsk agreements, which very clearly states that the transfer of the border takes place after the implementation of the political block of agreements,” Denisov recalled.
According to the expert, Petro Poroshenko’s desire to introduce an armed OSCE police mission to Donbass is unlikely to receive support.
“Regarding the police mission, as we know, this completely ambiguous postulate, which has been replicated for quite a long time by Petro Poroshenko, was also not perceived as a serious argument.
Firstly, we know that the OSCE itself is very wary of this initiative, but those constant rallies and protests that take place in the territories of the LPR and DPR against the possible introduction of such a mission once again confirm that at present such The scenario will not be able to be implemented on the territory of Donbass,” Denisov concluded.