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EU leaders urge specific steps to de-escalate Ukrainian conflict by June 30

27 June 2014 19:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The measures mentioned by the EU leaders include the release of hostages, return of border checkpoints to Ukrainian authorities and start of talks, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS

European Union leaders who gathered for a summit in Brussels on Friday said in a joint statement that specific steps should be taken to de-escalate the Ukrainian conflict by Monday.

The measures mentioned by the EU leaders include the release of hostages, return of border checkpoints to Ukrainian authorities and start of talks in Ukraine’s embattled Southeast by June 30.

“The European Council expects that by Monday, June 30, the following steps will have been taken: agreement on a verification mechanism, monitored by the OSCE, for the ceasefire and for the effective control of the border; return to the Ukrainian authorities of the three border checkpoints [Izvarino, Dolzhanskiy, Krasnopartizansk],” the statement said.

The OSCE stands for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

It said the steps also include “release of hostages including all of the OSCE observers and launch of substantial negotiations on the implementation of [Ukrainian] President [Petro] Poroshenko's peace plan.”

“The European Council expresses its support to the peace plan announced last week by President Poroshenko,” it says.

“It takes note of the Russian President's declaration of support in principle of the peace plan and the Federation Council's decision to revoke the authorization to use Russian forces to intervene militarily in Ukraine,” it says.