03.11 Poroshenko: Ukraine to Adopt New Law on Donbas if All Sides Adhere to Minsk Protocol

KIEV, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine is ready to adopt a new law on decentralization in Donbas “when all the sides go back to fulfilling the Minsk Protocol” and if the independence supporters of eastern Ukraine reconsider November 2 elections results, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday.

“Decentralization remains at our disposal as a key element for political settlement in Donbas. We will be ready to adopt a new law – when all the sides go back to fulfilling the Minsk Protocol, the buffer zone is created and control from abroad is established. And clear steps [are undertaken] signifying that the rebels [independence supporters of Eastern Ukraine] are reconsidering the [results] of the so-called elections of November 2,” Poroshenko said in a statement, published on his official website.

“The new law will establish clear boundaries of the regions with special order of local self-governing in strict accordance with the Minsk agreements. And the budget decentralization which addresses those irritative questions like who feeds whom. It will allow these regions to be responsible for their own funding with the use of their own resources,” Poroshenko added.