Russian-Ukrainian rights mission to begin work later than planned - Pamfilova
MOSCOW. June 30 (Interfax) - The Russian-Ukrainian human rights mission will start working later than planned, Russia's Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova told Interfax on Monday.
"Unfortunately, the mission's delayed start is through no fault of our own. I and my colleagues are ready to go to troubled regions any time, even today," Pamfilova said.
Pamfilova and her Ukrainian counterpart Valeriya Lutkovska set up a joint group during talks in Kharkiv on June 13 to deal with human rights problems and to monitor the situation in southeastern Ukraine.
Leader of the movement For Human Rights Lev Ponomaryov, who took part in the talks in Kharkiv, told Interfax on Monday that the start of the mission's work is delayed through the fault of the Ukrainian side.
"The fact that we have met and reached an agreement is a serious success, I think. But then things went wrong. We are going to look into why this is going this way and why the Ukrainian side is shunning contact. Responsibility rests with the Ukrainian side," Ponomaryov said.