Kyiv is considering the option of abandoning Minsk
Instead of Leonid Kuchma, ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko could become Kyiv's representative in the Minsk contact group.
Kommersant writes about this, citing its sources in the trilateral contact group for resolving the conflict in Donbass.
“The most anti-Russian president of Ukraine can lead the Ukrainian delegation in Minsk, and this will become a problem for Russia. For example, he doesn’t speak Russian without an interpreter,” said the publication’s interlocutor.
At the same time, the newspaper points out that “in Kyiv they are also considering the option of abandoning the Minsk format - or at least revising it.”
“The Belarusian platform is too biased, we need a neutral location for negotiations. This could be Geneva, but it is not yet clear whether representatives of the so-called people's republics will be able to visit it. After all, in order to do this, they will need to obtain Ukrainian biometric foreign passports, and thereby recognize themselves as citizens of Ukraine,” the publication quotes the interlocutor. close to the negotiation process.
As PolitNavigator reported, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma resigned from his post as Ukraine's plenipotentiary representative to the contact group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbas.
Kyiv is considering abandoning Minsk.