MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) – In a phone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin and OSCE chief Didier Burkhalter have agreed that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine needs to be strengthened, the Kremlin said Monday.
“During the exchange of opinions on the situation in Ukraine, [the sides] stressed the importance of strict compliance by parties to the internal Ukrainian conflict with Minsk agreements, primarily with the ceasefire regime. The work of the OSCE special monitoring mission received a positive assessment, and the need to boost its potential was underlined,” the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
“Putin and Burkhalter spoke in favor of holding a thorough investigation into the causes of the Malaysian airliner crash and into mass graves of civilians. Attention was also paid to issues of security of OSCE monitors, including in the context of the forthcoming October 26 parliamentary elections,” the statement reads.
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