MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Russia has repeatedly reaffirmed its commitment to the Minsk Agreements, questions about their breach should be put to Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"I can see Ukrainian politicians making statements, and not just them. [Jens] Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, spoke. Everyone has started talking about 'what if Moscow... Yes, this will certainly mean a breach of and withdrawal from the Minsk Agreements'," Zakharova said in a video published on her official Telegram channel.
First of all, it is necessary to sort out legislation passed in Ukraine and the claims made by Ukrainian officials, including about the Minsk Agreements being no longer relevant, or in need of reconfiguration, or impossible to implement, she said.
"Perhaps we could sort this out for a start? Perhaps, rather than again posing some rhetorical questions to Moscow, they will still find it possible for themselves to answer to each other the question of what they have done for the implementation of the Minsk Agreements," Zakharova said.
"Let them do that first, and then we will talk to them about how we feel about everything that has been passed. And our position on the Minsk Agreements has been reconfirmed daily at the highest level, at the high level by Russia," Zakharova said.
Russia's position is "clear and has been reconfirmed many times," she said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that Russia's recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) People's Republics would be a breach of both international law and the Minsk Agreements, and would "make it even harder to find a political solution based on the Minsk agreement."
On Tuesday, the State Duma resolved to urgently appeal to the Russian president about the necessity of recognizing the DPR and LPR.