Elections impossible in Donbas territories where foreign troops, weapons stay - Ukrainian foreign minister

11:37, 07.10.2015 1 min read

It is impossible to hold elections in Donbas territories where foreign troops and weapons are stationed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"Under every criterion of the international law and every criterion that we have, elections are impossible by definition in the territory where foreign troops or foreign weapons are staying," the minister said, answering questions of parliament deputies in the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday.