Kravchuk: Minsk Agreements Have Run out of Steam

The Minsk agreements sputtered out and can’t contribute to the revival of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the first President of contemporary Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk believes.

"The Minsk agreements are not functional at all," he said on air on ‘5 Kanal.’

According to Kravchuk, they can’t provide strategic solutions and help to liberate the occupied territories and regaining control over the border. "The Normandy format… They [the leaders of four states] talked and instructed the Minsk group to sign a certain document… It’s a weird type of political negotiations when the leaders talk but never sign a document, and then the agreements are signed by people not authorized to do it," Kravchuk explained.

According to him, the Minsk agreements were helpful at the early stages, but now they are unable to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

"They were efficient at the very onset when it was necessary to engage everyone in the negotiations. But now the Minsk process is of little help," he said.

Kravchuk already criticized the Minsk agreements earlier, stressing that Ukraine has to develop the new approach to its Donbas policy and can’t be afraid to grant special status to certain territories of Donetska and Luhanska Oblasts.

Source: Ukrayinski Novyny