m a c, and dialogue m of the model that we have taken note with great interest of the announcement with regard to the withdrawal of some troops from the border with ukraine that completing this step as soon as possible will generate the trust which is only conveyed through action and which the circumstances demand from urinary al and since the only genuine solution is a diplomatic solution, we welcome the willingness that has been displayed by the various stakeholders to continue on the part of dialogue. mexico recognizes and is grateful for the efforts of world leaders who having influence, which they can bring to bear, have personally become involved in order to try to find a peaceful exit to this crisis. which is able to address the various

security and concerns in the region while you're any leak up when a solution will mean putting an end to attentions in the east of ukraine or to i 8 years into the conflict. the many agreements are still the framework for achieving a negotiated solution. what the trilateral contact group and the normandy format offer this possibility. one way more as we have heard all the conflict in the so ukraine has had a serious impact on the civilian population. it is estimated that almost 3000000 people require humanitarian assistance. whilst approximately 1500000 people are displaced. the population is also facing restrictions on the freedom of movement, which limits access to the health and education services. mexico asks that

the freedom of movement for civilians be guaranteed on both sides of the contact line. and we also call upon the parties to facilitate humanitarian access to the area in a secure and unrestricted manner. as well as to guarantee the free movement of the special monitoring mission of the organization for security in europe, this is essential for the comprehensive implementation of its mandate. we also would like to highlight that and mines under estimated munitions and other explosive artifacts are a real threat and disproportionately affect the civilian population. we call upon the parties to eliminate existing mines and not to proceed to place. you know, explosives. mister president, mexico reiterates its commitment to the for the respect of the sovereignty,

political independence and the territorial integrity of ukraine were then it's internationally recognized. borders in accordance with the united nations charter, international law and relevant resolutions of the united nations. i conclude by stressing that the tensions around the situation in the ukraine and the potential consequences make it very clear. the situation very clear as the secretary general has stated about your replacing diplomacy by confrontation would be to take a dive over a cliff that the time has come to endorse efforts channelled in one single direction. they taunt, diplomacy and dialogue. thank you, mister president. the a little bit that i think the representative of mexico for

a statement. i now give the floor to the representative of china for here. i thank you mr. president. mr. president, was guy, can i thank you for presiding over today's meeting model. my thanks also go to you as to euros marie decarlo. ambassador amico kinnen, special representative of the o. s. c. u chairperson in office and ambassador highlight chevy, chief monitor of the overseas special monitoring emission for their breathing. i also listened carefully to the remarks made by miss tatiana mountain dinner are short, a february 12th this year marked the 7th. the anniversary of the new minks agreements . consideration of the implementation of the new misc agreements is the subject of this council meeting, who live, who universally recognized were in the agreements. walker is

a fundamental and finding political document for the settlement of the ukraine issue or under was unanimous manning endorsed by the security council in his resolution 220. 2. therefore it deserves complete and effective implementation by all the parties concerned regretfully. however, to date, the majority of the agreements provisions have yet to be attorney, implemented your new c as far violations have occurred on the line of contact for, for your way. china believes that as you know, the effort to resolve the ukraine issues must after all, go back to the starting point to that. is that the implementation of the new misc agreements? we hope that all parties concerned were take a constructive posture, resolve for through a doubt. org and consultation, whatever differences that may arise in the implementation of the agreements and

draw up a roadmap and time table to implement the agreements to the letter without delay. so as to pay the way for a political solution to the ukraine crisis. mister president le boom as to the attentions in on the eastern frontier of ukraine channel. beliefs that in the current context, all parties concerned should let reason prevail, adhered to the overarching, go of a political solution, and refrain from any act that may provoke tensions or embellish that his cause about the prices that parties should fully consider each other's legitimate security concerns and show mutual respect and on such a basis, properly resolve their differences through equal footed consultations. china supports all efforts conducive to easing the tensions and knows the russian

federations, recent diplomatic engagement with france, germany and other european countries at the leadership level, from what i negotiated, balanced, effective, or anti sustainable european security mechanism will provide a solid foundation for lasting peace and stability across europe, or do we trust that european countries will take independent and strategic decisions in line with their own interest? in his most recent public appeal, such a general quoterush said, quoting, there is no alternative. did you plan to see all issues, including the most intractable, can and must be addressed and resolved through diplomatic frameworks and quote, we support the estes good offices aimed at reducing tensions. we also subscribe to the sd, his views, mister president, for us to do everything happens for

a reason. quarter letters, enlargement is an issue that cannot be bypassed when dealing with the current tensions related to the reoccurring issue. nato's continues expansion in the wake of the current war, wrongs counter to the trend of our times. that is to maintain common security. one countries security can not be obtained as the expense of another country's security . by the same token region as security cannot be guaranteed through muscling up or even expanding a military block. this applies as much to the european region as to other regions of the word order. there is one country that refuses to renounce is code war mentality. if there's one thing and does another in order to seek absolute miniature superiority, it has been cleaning up in the asia pacific region,

creating some tri larger and quite a large or small circus or cliques, bent on provoking confrontation. what it is doing would only throw the asia pacific into division, and turmoil and seriousness threaten the regions, peace and stability, to the detriment of the countries in the region while gaining nothing for itself either. china urges the country is concerned to learn from history and subscribe to the notion of common, comprehensive co operative and sustainable security. adhere to the approach of enhancing mutual trust and certainly dis, views through dialogue and consolidation and do more to contribute to world peace and regional stability. i thank you, mr. president. here look a little i think the representative of china where statement is and i'll get that over to the representative of albania. mister president.

i thank the you as she decarlo ambassador, scheduling and traffic for their briefing. we will come to hybridization. i live in participation in this meeting. that me 1st express our gratitude to the o. c. special monitoring mission to ukraine, which continues to work in a volatile and unpredictable environment. and as we heard from ambassador terrific and the multiple challenges and restrictions, we must continue to support the women and men of the monitoring mission. their tireless efforts in contributing to reducing tensions and fostering peace, stability, and security, and to monitoring and supporting the limitations of all i see principles and commitments throughout the crane. mr. president, i'll be in a support the implementation of the myths minsk agreement. we reject any pressure on ukraine to implement nist minsk agreement according to one side interpretation

of being expressed. its full support for the rights of minorities in ukraine and anywhere else, minorities should enjoy their rights and participate actively in the social and political life of the country. where they leave, this must be part of overall commitments to equally serving all the population and building and conclusive and democratic society. yet, as we have seen more than once, problems start when minorities are intentional, intentionally in stimulus, to create dysfunctional states. asking for executive powers for russian minorities in crane means nothing less than taking control of the decision making power and keep to dictate foreign security and defense policies and undermine the marketing processes. we should not accept such policy of fabricating dysfunctional states, not in ukraine, not anywhere else. in this very context, we are deeply concerned by the russians parliament call for the recognition of

independence and sovereignty of parts of the territory of ukraine. here we are with the stereotype play book, and we have seen in georgia in 2008. if taken, such decisions would have no legal validity. they are against international law. they are against human charter. they run totally against the substance of the minx agreements. if the president, we continue to be alarmed by the very large scale unprovoked and unjustified russian mili bids up in and around ukraine and embarrass the much claimed withdrawal of some of the troops stationed there is not verified. and credible reports indicate the contrary. a further reinforcement with active combat troops and weapons, which reportedly now number 150000, discontinued, and reinforcing military surrounding is douglas word over the government and people of ukraine. it instigates fear to the population. it frightens the domestic and

foreign investors, and seeks to bring the economy into collapse and the country to its knees. the decision to partially block the black sea and the seals of and the cut straight under the practice of holding regular novel exercises only adds to the strangulation effort. further, the most recent reports of heavy shelling from the occupied territory. dumbass only reinforced the war is about the pretext to start executing a long and carefully design scenario. in this context, let me reiterate our friend position in support of the sovereignty, that he taught integrity of ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. we demand 3 mover of the occupying troops from the occupied territory. we condemn the illegal annexation of crimea and its military support to the separate his forces in the country,

albania remains committed to the fundamental principles underpinning european security, including that each nation has the right to truth its own security arrangements. any renewed attack on the sovereignty and a dollar integrity of ukraine would be clear and further breach of natural law with severely affected appeal security and should be met with outright and vigorous condemnation. we call on this council and on the international community, not to let you train down, not to accept policies and action that threatening the existence of a sovereign nation. mister president, despite everything indicating acceleration of escalation, but will continue to emphasize the value and the importance of the block diplomacy and dialogue in reaching a peaceful solution in the conflict, denise and ukraine, and dealing with russian concerns. russia should take the offer to engage in a renewed european security dialogue initiated by poland. as the current i. c chair . we support the call of sector blinkin for talks with miss oliver as soon as

possible and renewed nato russia council meetings. every mechanism must be used and fully exploited for diplomacy and the escalation. finally, we will come the calls this the culture of the sector general to diffuse tension and to de escalate actions on the ground. we will support the intensification of these efforts and the availability of his good offices in the search of a peaceful solution. i thank you. yeah, i think they represent a fault being employ a statement. i now give the plot to the representative of france. this is pretty though, mr. president, i'm, if you, that's a good thing. i would like to thank the under secretary general for political affairs, special representative of the chairperson in office in ukraine and the head of the special monitoring mission of the se in ukraine. forward everything's the

implementation of the mens agreements cannot be considered separately from the situation on the borders of ukraine. new tensions there in recent days have reached an unprecedented level due to the strengthening of military activity on the part of russia. france has been involved in ongoing efforts with our partners over recent weeks with a view to deescalate and dialogue. our position is founded on 2 pillars. firstly, the builder of military considerable military capacity on the border of a neighbor constitutes threatening behavior and is unacceptable. and this is particularly the case since russia has already infringed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. in the past,

any new aggression will have massive consequences and severe costs. russia, europeans are united and we are ready to act in coordination with all partners on this matter. secondly, frances, convinced that de escalation is possible through dialogue and through diplomacy. this is exactly what president macros, efforts have been doing in coordination with the german chancellor. we are prepared to undertake this dialogue. not only with regard to the conflict done, that is the work that we do within the normandy format, but also with regard to questions of security and stability in europe. whilst respecting the fundamental principles established by the united nations charter and in the founding documents of the o. s. e,

which are the helsinki final act and the charter of paris for a new europe. in this regard, we fully support the process initiated under the polish presidency of the o. s. c. for renewed dialogue on european security. i would now like to come back to the implementation of the minsk agreements, which has mobilized france and germany since 2015 efforts have been continued over recent weeks within the normandy format. the paris meeting on the 26th of january made it possible to once again express the support of all parties for the unconditional respect of the ceasefire. but we need to go further, which unfortunately has not was not possible. during the meeting of the 10th of february, we weren't able to record concrete progress in the implementation of the immense

package of measures in all their dimensions, namely security, humanitarian and political. frances family convinced that the men sc agreements constitute the suitable framework for pursuing dialogue and that they leave open then as a necessary space for defining mutually acceptable concrete solutions. particularly within the trilateral contact group, we call upon the parties to abstain from any declaration or measure which will work against the implementation of these agreements. and in this regard, we express our concern with regard to the adoption by the state, duma of the russian federation of a resolution calling for recognition of the separatist territories of ukraine. if it were to pass this resolution would constitute assumed a violation of the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of ukraine by russia

and a fundamental calling into question of the men's agreements. we also welcome the role of the special monitoring mission of the se in ukraine, which plays an essential role and efforts at the escalation. it is the is, and the i is of the international community that france just like germany will keep its nationals deployed on the ground so that this mission remain operational during this critical period that we have taken note of the information provided by the se, with regard to possible violations of the ceasefire in recent hours. we would wish that systematically the special mission be able to gather the facts impartially. mr. president, the defense of the principles of the united nations charter, in particular,

respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. as well as the pacific settlement of disputes must be a goal that is shared by all members of this council. france will continue to be mobilized to this end as well as for the building of a just and lasting peace and for the restoring of full ukrainian sovereignty over certain regions of dentist and low hands. thank you. yeah, very, very, very. i think the representative of france for his statement and given the power to the representative. i've got on thank you, mr. president. i would like to thank under secretary general rosemarie to carlo for her briefing. and i would also like to thank special representative keenan and the head of the

special monitoring mission is to yes, yes, a holiday trivia for their briefings. and i welcome amongst us madame touch on not much mister president will be my country continues to very closely follow the situation along the border between russia and ukraine. we understand the fears and the cause of alarm of those who fear imminent military action. and we particularly note the willingness expressed by the parties involved to keep the a diplomatic and political channels open, as well as the various holes to avoid escalation in harold, to this alarmist rhetoric and shows a force the last 10 days have been particularly marked by intense activity diplomatically, we've seen european and u. s. initiatives that had the goal of sewing the seeds of dialogue and avoiding

the point of no return. the recent announcement by russia that it was withdrawing part of its troops that were grouped on the border certainly shows the willingness to de escalate. and that is added to the repeated assurances of russia that they have no aggressive intentions. that should play a significant role in reducing the level of tension and to restoring indispensable trust afford that's necessary for preventive diplomacy in the same regard. my country understands from the recent address of the president of the united states of america that we need to favor dialogue and that there will be a refusal of confrontation because this would have disastrous consequences for all this president. the situation is certainly not simple, but it's precisely because it isn't simple that it needs to be addressed serenely

with it and with a greater sense of responsibility. and it's for that goal in mind that we would like to reiterate our call to all parties involved, to show restraint and to favor dialogue and negotiation in order to preserve stability and peace in the region. we encourage all initiatives which are carried out in favor of the escalation and the resumption of dialogue, and we call upon the parties involved to make better use of the diplomatic channels that exist to begin the escalation. in this regard, the normandy format and the uminski agreements are reference frameworks. the immense g agreements give the outline for a peaceful outcome to the different claims of the parties. and that's why they have been endorsed by the united nations. the implementation of these agreements is essential in order to ensure

a cessation of hostilities and restore the borders of ukraine and provide a better humanitarian response. was to opening up the way for restoration of peaceful neighborly relations and possibly also renewed economic relations e. my country correspond the parties to respect the commitments that they have made and to build on what has been achieved the foundation of what has been achieved and to resume dialogue. the call for dialogue from the state and just wanted the billing and secretary of state is a step in the right direction. certainly, my country is firmly attached to respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every state. these cardinal principles are enshrined in the united nations charter and in the founding act of the european the african union. this, they are the cement of the social contract as members of an international community

. in conclusion, on behalf of my country, i would like to call upon this council to be mobilized than ever in order to stem this fear and reject any confrontation. we must use the tools, the piece that we have and that we can do when we show that we are united and responsible. thank you. yeah, but i think the representative of a get run for his statement by now. amazing. as for the statement, in my capacity as deputy minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation, i listened very carefully to the discussion to the statements which i made my colleagues. and i would like to dwell on some issues that were touched upon. first of all, i would like to draw your attention to the unnecessary speculation as regards. so the appeal of members of the costumer to the president with

a request to acknowledge i'm done boss. this is a proposal to consider this issue, although the fact that it's there reflects the feeling over our people about don barza. there are people have been for many years subject to shunning by the ukranian army. and there's, we've heard there today, hundreds of thousands of people in that ukraine or region have russian citizenship . or they probably didn't have any other option after ukraine to stop term and discharging his social responsibility towards them. but let me underscore a yet once again that this is an initiative that is an appeal from the deputies of the ghost duma. so what we need to do is concentrate on the implementation of the minsk agreements and many have said so today, rather than speculate about this, although it says sir. and also equally important

to, to make sure that we avoid discussing these issues within the security council. otherwise, we will be discussing any decision of any apartment in the world here. let me draw your attention to another thing that was said by president could put in his head that we need to do. i to mouse to make sure that the solution had on bus cave should be found through the implementation of the mask agreement stickers. mr. cleverly talked about the background. they were pretty history to the issue to their and i don't think that they picture he painted was the correct one, was one sided and superficial. let me just recall one historic period which preceded many an issue, namely, and illegal and bloody could their time care of. and 2014 the radicals and nationalists came into power. then they refused to have a dialogue with a russian speaking, people threaten them. union new russian language is being discriminated and

continues to be discriminated against. versions of history are, are being put forward which are included even the glorification of our nazi criminals. this is something that happened and continues, and this led to the a separation of the crimea and re unification with russia as a result or a referendum. so the conflicts child oh now is something that has to you have a clear picture which were which, which is are a reflection of a real situation. now as regards to the, a, legit prepared aggression of russia against you quite well with some people are very usefully in inverted commas, put forward to military scenarios. and this was done by the secretary of state of

the united states. and he listed the provocations that could be used as a pretext to invade ukraine. and this is so regrettable. i would even go so far as to say that they are dangerous because they bring in more attention and totally already tense atmosphere. but there's a words and statements we made a large number of statements of various levels which underscore what it is and where we propose that one was that we intend to do. and it's very unfortunate that those statements are the highest level that came out of moscow. we're not sure he did a but those are statements. so what do we have on the plane of actual facts for the fact is that the russian forces war in the russian territory and remain on the, on the russians territory.