Ukraine at TCG meeting again rejects intention to enshrine status of ORDLO in Constitution

This was discussed at the regular meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group, which was held through video conferencing on April 22, the press service of the President’s Office reports.

"The Ukrainian side once again categorically denied the possibility of fixing the special status of the ORDLO in the Constitution of Ukraine," the report reads.

During the work of the political group, Ukraine emphasized the need to implement the agreements the leaders of the Normandy Four reached at the Paris summit in order to hold the next meeting in Berlin in the near future.

In addition, the Ukrainian party initiated the creation of a working group within the TCG with the participation of representatives of the border and customs services of Ukraine and Russia and the OSCE mediators to develop a mechanism for restoring Ukraine’s control over the state border. The possibility of creating such groups is envisaged in paragraph 13 of the Complex of Measures on the Fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements.

As part of the work of the security group, the Ukrainian party shared concerns of the OSCE representatives about the fact that the work of the OSCE SMM was blocked in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and insisted on the unconditional and unhindered access of observers to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas.

Also, the work to identify the next disengagement areas was continued within the security group.

The humanitarian group continued to work on the lists for the next phase of the mutual release of detained persons. The achievements of the Ukrainian party in the humanitarian demining of social objects, including schools, kindergartens, hospitals, cemeteries, etc., were also noted.

In addition, taking into account humanitarian criteria, the TCG participants agreed on the need to intensify preparations for the opening of new checkpoints at the delimitation line.

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