Ukraine signed the Steinmeier formula at negotiations in Minsk
Members of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations in Minsk signed an agreement to abide by the so-called Steinmeier formula, according to which the conflict in Donbass will be resolved. A source in the LPR delegation reported this to PolitNavigator.
“All participants in today’s meeting signed – Ukraine, LDPR, Russian Federation, OSCE,” the interlocutor said.
The “Steinmeier Formula” is a proposal by the former German Foreign Minister, now the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to secure a special status for the Donbass, as well as an amnesty and holding elections in territories not controlled by Kyiv. The formula assumes that on the day of elections in the LDPR in Ukraine, the law on the special status of these territories will come into force on a temporary basis, and after the OSCE conclusions about the fair conduct of elections - on a permanent basis. The Russian side insists that the autonomous status of Donbass be enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine in order to exclude the possibility of its abolition as a simple law.
Previously, Moscow stated that the signing by the Ukrainian delegation of an agreement to follow the Steinmeier formula is a condition for a meeting in the Normandy Format.
Ukrainian nationalists, on the contrary, consider the implementation of the Minsk agreements to be Kyiv’s capitulation.
The day before, US President Donald Trump called on the Ukrainian president to negotiate with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“Over the last, fairly short period of time, you have actually made some progress with Russia. I heard great progress has been made. Just keep going. It would be nice to put an end to this whole disaster... I really believe that President Putin would like to do something. I really hope that you and President Putin will get together and be able to solve your problem. That would be a huge achievement,” Trump said in response to Zelensky’s requests to support Ukraine in the fight to return Donbass and Crimea to Kyiv’s control.
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