KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists in
eastern Ukraine on Tuesday postponed local elections that Kiev had said
were illegitimate and which, if they went ahead, could have derailed
Ukraine’s fragile peace process.
The separatists instead said the elections would go ahead
in February next year, potentially giving time for international
mediators to hammer out a compromise agreement under which Kiev can
accept the vote.
The concession by the separatists comes at a time when
Russia has adopted a more constructive tone in talks over Ukraine,
according to diplomats involved in the discussion who say Russia has
influence over the rebels.
“(We) announce the consent of the Luhansk and Donetsk
peoples’ republics to postpone elections from 18 October and 1 November
to next year,” separatist envoys to the peace talks were quoted as
saying by the DAN news agency, based in the main separatist-controlled city of Donetsk.
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Source: Euronews
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