UN chief: it is necessary to provide reliable control of the Russian-Ukrainian border

UN chief: it is necessary to provide reliable control of the Russian-Ukrainian border

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Ban Ki-Moon expressed concern over the escalation of hostilities

United Nations, August 29. For the Russian-Ukrainian border is necessary to ensure reliable monitoring, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. An appropriate statement he made at a press conference on the island of Bali.

UN Secretary-General also expressed concern about the escalation of hostilities between the Ukrainian army and militias. According to him, the situation in the border area between the two countries “remains the main obstacle to de-escalate the situation as arms and heavy weapons are reportedly continue to spread unchecked to Ukraine from Russia.” “There is an urgent need for reliable monitoring of the border between the two countries through international verification mechanism, as discussed at the talks in Minsk,” – said Mr. Ban.

He also said that he hoped to be held on September 26 special elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “took place on the territory of Ukraine and became a unifying factor and conciliatory.” According to Ban Ki-moon, it will allow residents across the country feel that their interests are represented in the parliament.

Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Andrei Kelin said earlier that no part of the Russian military and military equipment in Ukraine is not. “The allegations that there are columns with armored vehicles, sounded last week, the week before last. All this has been disproved, refuted it now. These charges does not make sense” – the Russian diplomat said.

According to Russia’s permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, “stuffing misinformation through the media and directly from Kiev” is carried out each time on the eve of important meetings at the EU level, which is the community of the upcoming summit on August 30 in Brussels, “probably in anticipation of some of the critical language and even sanctions of the EU “in relation to the Russian Federation.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on August 25, said at a briefing in Moscow that Russia bears full responsibility for the entire stretch of the Russian-Ukrainian border on its part and hopes that Ukraine is responsible for his side. “We take full responsibility for the entire stretch of the Russian-Ukrainian border on our part, we proceed from the fact that Ukraine carries the same fully responsible for the border with the territory”, – he said.

Lavrov also said that OSCE observers have recorded cases of illegal crossing of the Russian-Ukrainian border. The minister recalled that Russia at a recent meeting in Berlin has taken certain steps to ensure that “no one had any doubt about the interest of the Russian side to ensure proper control of the border, preventing it from crossing people or equipment, which is forbidden.”

“All this is reflected in the reports of the observers of the OSCE, which is nothing wrong with not reported,” – said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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