“Let me remind you that the Minsk agreements say: first you need to pass a law on special status, then organize elections in the Donbass. Ukrainian laws are mentioned there, but it is also mentioned there that the procedure for holding elections with the involvement of the OSCE should be agreed with Donetsk and Lugansk. The law is law, but the opinion of these self-proclaimed republics should be taken into account, ”Lavrov said.
Earlier, Lavrov said that he had discussed with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York the situation in the Donbass.
In turn, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Vadim Pristayko, stated that Kiev would not amend the Ukrainian Constitution regarding the granting of special status.