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The State Department on Wednesday warned against any move by the Kremlin to sever its commitment to the Minsk agreements as it looks to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as "independent."
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a phone conversation with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau, during which the interlocutors agreed to make every effort for the full functioning of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) press service said on Wednesday.
OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid sent a letter to the participating countries of the organization, in which she drew attention to the growing tension on the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
2022 will be a new moment of truth for Eastern Europe and could determine the future of the region for years to come, writes Valdai Club expert Yauheni Preiherman. The current tensions in European security neutralise all nuances and shades, presenting the region with a simple black-and-white alternative: a hopeless escalation with the prospect of a complete implosion of Eastern Europe or an agreement to preserve the regional infrastructure of cooperation.
On Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets (Center) presented an overview of Estonia's foreign policy in the Rigiikogu. ERR News republishes the minister's speech in full.