The Minsk Agreement – A Political RoadmapOctober 30th, 2015
FiledOctober 30th, 2015Before the Normandy Format Meeting on 2 October the prospects for the Minsk process did not look good. The insistence of the rebel ‘republics’ to hold their own elections unilaterally - although the Minsk Agreement requires they be held under Ukrainian law and OSCE supervision- threatened to undermine the agreement. President Poroshenko said explicitly that such “fake, illegal elections” would destroy the whole process. That threat was averted with a promise to delay elections until next year. This postponement in effect extended the Minsk agreement deadline beyond 31 December 2015.