MOSCOW. Feb 13 (Interfax) - No headway will be achieved in the observance of the Minsk agreements if Ukraine continues refusing amnesty and constitutional reform, Russian permanent envoy to the OSCE Andrei Kelin said.
"If they do this [refuse amnesty and constitutional reform], we won't move very far in the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements," the diplomat said on Rossiya 24 television, commenting on a statement made by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
The diplomat said the statements made in Kyiv saying that the militia who fought against the Ukrainian military will not be eligible for amnesty and their unwillingness to conduct constitutional reform in Ukraine cause concerns.
Klimkin said in the Ukrainian parliament on Friday that amnesty for people involved in the events taking place in eastern Ukraine will take place solely under a law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada and militia leaders will not be pardoned.
Responding to a question as to whether there will be a presidential decree pardoning the militia leaders, the minister said: "The answer is simple: no."