17 Mar 2015 13:46

Zakharchenko: There is no point in bill on special status of Donbas

DONETSK. March 17 (Interfax) - Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), has criticized the bill on the special status of Donbas.

"There is no point in the bill on special status. None of the things that were discussed in Minsk have been done," he told reporters during a working visit to Debaltseve.

Zakharchenko said that the Minsk agreements require the parties to determine the borders and begin negotiations.

"It envisages the determination of borders and troop withdrawal, and then we were expected to begin negotiations," he said.