COPENHAGEN, 8 April 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today called for an immediate end to the intimidation of OSCE monitors in Ukraine and reiterated the need for the monitors to have unfettered access throughout the country.
“The illegal separatists have threatened OSCE staff on the ground in Ukraine and I especially deplore yesterday’s extreme example, in which a fighter from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic opened fire toward an OSCE monitoring patrol. This situation cannot continue as is, and I am even more convinced of the need to seriously consider an international peacekeeping mission to …read more
Source: OSCE
