Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Dmitry Balakin at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, July 19, 2018
(World News Russia)

Responding to the reports by Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan and Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in- Office in Ukraine and in the Contact Group Martin Sajdik Mr Chairperson, Your Excellencies ambassadors Martin Sajdik and Ertugrul Apakan, we are glad to welcome you at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. You have shared your perspectives on the situation in the country and at the Contact Group talks in Minsk, confirming yet again that the Kiev authorities are deliberately delaying the settlement of Ukraine`s internal conflict. The continued tension ahead of the election enables them to deliver on a number of objectives...