Minsk Agreement On Ukraine
Crisis: Text In Full
February 12, 2015 "ICH"
- Translation of the full text agreed upon
by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France
and Germany, and signed by pro-Russian
separatists, on Thursday
Immediate and full ceasefire in particular districts of
Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine
and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00
midnight (Kiev time) on Feb. 15, 2015.
Pull-out of all
heavy weapons by both sides to equal
distance with the aim of creation of a
security zone on minimum 50 kilometres
apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or
more, and a security zone of 70km for
MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS
Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical
missile systems Tochka U.
for Ukrainian troops,
from actual line of contact;
for armed formations of
particular districts of Donetsk and
Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine, from the
contact line in accordance with the
Minsk memorandum as of Sept. 19, 2014
The pullout of the
above mentioned heavy weapons has to
start no later than the second day after
the ceasefire and finish within 14 days.
This process will be
assisted by OSCE with the support of the
Trilateral Contact Group.
Effective monitoring and
verification of ceasefire regime and pullout
of heavy weapons by OSCE will be provided
from the first day of pullout, using all
necessary technical means such as
satellites, drones, radio-location systems
etc.
On the first day after
the pullout a dialogue is to start on
modalities of conducting local elections in
accordance with the Ukrainian legislation
and the Law of Ukraine On temporary Order
of Local Self-Governance in Particular
Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts,
and also about the future of these districts
based on the above mentioned law.
Without delays, but no
later than 30 days from the date of signing
of this document, a resolution has to be
approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
indicating the territory which falls under
the special regime in accordance with the
law On temporary Order of Local
Self-Governance in Particular Districts of
Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, based in the
line set up by the Minsk Memorandum as of
Sept. 19, 2014.
Provide pardon and
amnesty by way of enacting a law that
forbids persecution and punishment of
persons in relation to events that took
place in particular departments of Donetsk
and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine.
Provide release and
exchange of all hostages and illegally held
persons, based on the principle of all for
all. This process has to end at the
latest on the fifth day after the pullout
(of weapons).
Provide safe access,
delivery, storage and distribution of
humanitarian aid to the needy, based on an
international mechanism.
Define the modalities of
a full restoration of social and economic
connections, including social transfers,
such as payments of pensions and other
payments (income and revenue, timely payment
of communal bills, restoration of tax
payments within the framework of Ukrainian
legal field)
With this aim, Ukraine
will restore management over the segment of
its banking system in the districts affected
by the conflict, and possibly, an
international mechanism will be established
to ease such transactions.
Restore full control
over the state border by Ukrainian
government in the whole conflict zone, which
has to start on the first day after the
local election and end after the full
political regulation (local elections in
particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk
Oblasts based on the law of Ukraine and
Constitutional reform) by the end of 2015,
on the condition of fulfilment of Point 11
in consultations and in agreement with
representatives of particular districts of
Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts within the
framework of the Trilateral Contact Group.
Pullout of all foreign
armed formations, military equipment, and
also mercenaries from the territory of
Ukraine under OSCE supervision. Disarmament
of all illegal groups.
Constitutional reform in
Ukraine, with the new Constitution to come
into effect by the end of 2015, the key
element of which is decentralisation (taking
into account peculiarities of particular
districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts,
agreed with representatives of these
districts), and also approval of permanent
legislation on special status of particular
districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts in
accordance with the measures spelt out in
the footnotes, by the end of 2015.
