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Minsk Agreements

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In News

  • US authorities have warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set of agreements designed to end a separatist war by Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine.

About

  • Minsk Agreements were signed in 2014 and 2015 in the Belarusian capital Minsk.
  • MINSK I:
    • Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatists agreed a 12-point ceasefire deal in the Belarusian capital in 2014.
    • Its provisions included prisoner exchanges, deliveries of humanitarian aid and the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
    • The agreement quickly broke down, with violations by both sides.
  • MINSK II:
    • Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the leaders of two pro-Russian separatist regions signed a 13-point agreement in 2015.
    • The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, gathered in Minsk at the same time issued a declaration of support for the deal.
    • It set out military and political steps that remain unimplemented.
    • A major blockage has been Russia’s insistence that it is not a party to the conflict and therefore is not bound by its terms.
  • Point 10
    • It calls for the withdrawal of all foreign armed formations and military equipment from the two disputed regions, Donetsk and Luhansk.

Source: IE

 
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