Klimkin, OSCE Secretary General discuss situation in Donbas

11:14, 15.01.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin during his visit to Vienna has discussed with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier a situation in Donbas and the work of OSCE SMM in Ukraine.

As the ministry reported on its website, Klimkin stressed on a necessity to strengthen technical and operating capabilities of the SMM for an efficient monitoring and verification of the implementation of Minsk Agreements focusing on the necessity to reinforce SMM monitoring functions in Donbas.

He also has said that a granting of the full access of the SMM monitors to the whole territory of Donbas, including frontier part, along with considerable extension of the OSCE monitoring on Russian-Ukrainian border remains crucially important issues.

The ministry said that Klimkin thanked for a practical assistance in mine clearing and called to an extension of the project activities in this sector taking into account the needs of the respective state government agencies of Ukraine.