Six Countries are Ready to Send Peacekeepers to Donbas

The peacekeeping forces in Donbas should operate with the UN mandate. U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker in an interview for Echo of Moscow has named a number of countries that are ready to send their troops to Donbas. According to the official, a number of states have already stated they would be ready to contribute to the mission, namely Sweden, Finland, Austria, Belarus, Serbia and Turkey. In his opinion, this is a good range of countries that includes several states being considered in Russia more as part of the West, while some states as part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and a sense of balance would be logical. Volker added that the organization of peacekeepers’ deployment is subject to discussion. But from a fundamental point of view, after their full deployment, this should be genuine peacekeeping forces controlling the security situation in the region. Source:korrespondent.net