Prospects of POW exchange in Donbass remain unclear – DPR Foreign Ministry

Фото: обмен пленными в Донбассе, апрель, 2020 год, Горловка

Donetsk, Dec 16 – DAN. Kiev’s counter-productive stance at the Minsk talks makes the prospects of prisoner exchange unclear, the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs said following the last meeting of the Contact Group in 2020.

Ukrainian side failed to carry out the legal clearance of the detainees previously handed over to the Republics, the Ministry reminded.

“The compromise we suggested – the Plan of Actions to Implement the Package of Measures, sets out clear procedures, but Kiev ignored it. Because of it the perspectives of the political settlement are unclear; consequently, there is no basis, status and procedures for the POW swap, and Kiev is solely responsible.”

DPR and LPR presented their road map at the Contact Group conference on October 14. Ukraine tabled its version in early November, though 78 percent of the document, according to experts, are in contradiction with the Minsk Agreements.*ot

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