“Thus, the procedure for enacting the law on the special status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions was agreed,” Gryzlova quotes TASS.
According to him, it was possible to "overcome the resistance of the Ukrainian delegation, which at the last meeting of the Contact Group slowed down the signing of this formula."
The head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed DNR, Natalya Nikonorova, also noted that Kiev had agreed on the document with the Steinmeier formula, reports RIA Novosti.
“Today, from our point of view, there has been a huge breakthrough ... and now, finally, today, after another signal from advisers (leaders of the Norman four. - RT ), the Ukrainian side nevertheless agreed to sign and agree on the Steinmeier formula,” she noted.
She emphasized that all members of the contact group “signed this text”.
Earlier, the Kremlin noted that the group’s meeting in Minsk should clarify Kiev’s position on Steinmeier’s formula.
In mid-September, a representative of Kiev at a meeting in Minsk did not sign the formula. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine explained the decision as "a technical misunderstanding."