France proposed at a recent meeting of the Normandy Quartet leaders that participants in future elections in Donbas be granted immunity and this idea is being discussed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"The idea regarding immunity was aired by the French side and this is one of the ideas that are being discussed during the post-conflict settlement process. But I want to clearly say one thing: any temporary immunity from criminal prosecution will not free anyone from a full-scale amnesty. Amnesty is not a political process, amnesty is a legal process," Klimkin said at the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday.

At the same time, the minister said Ukraine would not grant amnesty to those who committed crimes against humanity. "I have talked about an amnesty a lot of times and will say once again: anyone who committed crimes against humanity - they are not subject to amnesty in any way and they will never be subject to amnesty," Klimkin said while taking questions from parliamentarians.

"The people responsible for the Malaysian Boeing's crash or those who shelled Mariupol and Volnovakha will never be subject to amnesty," he said. "This is not only our moral duty but also key standards of international law. Anyone who committed crimes against humanity will be subject not to amnesty but to an absolutely different approach," he said.