It became known who the West wants to put in charge of the peacekeepers in Donbass
The West has formulated its vision of the peacekeeping format in Donbass. To resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the UN will consider using a contingent of 20 military personnel from countries that are not NATO members and 000 police officers, with Sweden leading the mission, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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This is according to a new report due to be presented to officials this week. reports Reuters.
Senior officials from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine will discuss the conflict in Ukraine during a security conference in Munich.
The report, compiled by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is now an adviser to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, will be presented to officials including the US special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volcker.
There are big obstacles to the approval of UN peacekeeping forces, the publication notes.
“This effort will require the involvement of a number of European countries, such as Sweden, countries with peacekeeping experience, such as Brazil, and countries trusted by Russia, such as Belarus,” said Richard Govan, co-author of the report and UN expert at Columbia University. .
Some diplomats and experts have put the figure at 50, but Govan said such a figure is not realistic and Moscow would likely be opposed to such a large contingent.
The creation of a peacekeeping force, according to Govan, will allow local elections to be held in Ukraine, which is a key part of the Minsk agreements.
“If we can deploy a presence on the ground quickly enough, it would be good to move to local elections in 12 months, and then leave the peacekeepers for, say, two years in general,” Govan emphasized.
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