Observers from the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) mission in Ukraine must be given access to the country's regions where Russian-speaking communities are subject to danger; the mission should also work in Crimea, Russia's Ambassador to the OSCE in Vienna Andrei Kelin said.
“The mission must definitely work in areas where the Russian-speaking population is subject to danger,” he told Interfax.
“My understanding is that Lviv region and the adjacent areas are
included. It is clear that it must also work in several eastern regions.
In this sense, yesterday’s example in Donetsk is illustrative – the
attack on the demonstrators who were carrying Russian flags,” the
diplomat said.
“We are also talking about Crimea. We are not against the mission
working in Crimea, but of course it needs to agree on that with local
authorities. Without their cooperation, as experience has already shown,
no observers can travel there,” the ambassador said.
