Ukraine Must Urgently Implement Geneva Agreement - Lavrov
Source: Voice Of Russia
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, April 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the need for the Kiev authorities to comply conscientiously with the Geneva agreement of April 17. Lavrov urged Kiev to "cancel the orders on the use of the army against the population, to disarm Right Sector militants and other ultranationalist groups, release protesters in the south-eastern regions from detention and stop their prosecution, and launch a comprehensive constitutional reform by taking real steps not by making declarations."
Kerry, who telephoned Lavrov, said the Kiev authorities had already declared relevant steps towards this goal but did not provide any concrete corroborating facts.
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"The Kiev authorities are doing nothing, not moving a finger to eliminate the causes of the current deep crisis in Ukraine," Lavrov said. "The Right Sector has been running things in different cities in central and western Ukraine for almost half a year, trying to spread its influence to the eastern regions by force," he said.
"Buildings in Kiev which were seized by force at the start of the events in Ukraine have not been vacated, the streets have not been unblocked and the ‘Maidan’ continues to ‘boom’, excuse the term. The leaders appointed by the Verkhovna Rada are saying openly that the Geneva agreement does not apply to the ‘Maidan’ because the Kiev City Council or city administration has made the decision that the ‘Maidan’ may stay on and that it is legitimate. This is absolutely unacceptable," the minister said.
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