Foreign Ministry: Signing of Minsk protocol does not mean legitimization of LPR and DPR

The signing in Minsk on September 5 by the Trilateral Contact Group of a protocol on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine does not mean the legitimization of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported.
“These agreements were reached on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The protocol does not mention the so-called DPR and LPR, and citizens Zakharchenko [DPR Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko] and Plotnitsky [LPR leader Igor Plotnitsky] signed the protocol with no indication of their positions, so the signing of this protocol does not mean the legitimization of these illegal groups,” he said.
He said that a road map regulating the implementation of the protocol signed in Minsk was currently being developed. It will include practical steps for each point in this document.
Perebyinis also said that the logic of further efforts as part of the Trilateral Contact Group would be to ensure effective control over the Ukrainian-Russian border, the withdrawal from Ukraine of Russian regular troops, military equipment and militants, and the removal by terrorists of barriers to humanitarian goods accessing the affected regions under their control.

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