OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz concerned about latest “declaration” coming from the Donbas
"I am concerned about the provocative rhetoric we heard from Donetsk", said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in reaction to today’s “declaration” of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" calling for the creation of a new entity ("Malorossiya") on the sovereign territory of Ukraine.
"I urge the sides to refrain from any confrontational statements or actions jeopardizing the implementation of the Minsk agreements and challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. At the same time I call on all sides to engage constructively in using existing negotiating formats, particularly the Trilateral Contact Group, to express their interests and resolve concrete issues that concern the people living in eastern Ukraine”, Foreign Minister Kurz concluded.