The murder of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) leader Alexander Zakharchenko last week is a significant blow to the Minsk process, Russia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Alexander Lukashevich told Sputnik.
VIENNA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd September, 2018) The murder of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) leader Alexander Zakharchenko last week is a significant blow to the Minsk process, Russia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Alexander Lukashevich told Sputnik.
"A significant blow has been dealt to the entire Minsk process. We believe that those forces that still choose the tactics of terror and sabotage of the Minsk accords are playing with fire, heating up the situation and doing everything possible to frustrate the prospects for a peaceful settlement," Lukashevich said.
He said Kiev is unwilling to come to an agreement within the framework of the Minsk process, and the murder is one more confirmation of this.
Lukashevich said Russia regrets that the OSCE leadership has not reacted to Zakharchenko's assassination and urged the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to intensify monitoring on the disengagement line in Donbas.
