MP from the Opposition bloc, Serhiy Lovochkin, said this during a meeting with journalists in the corridors of the Verkhovna Rada on Friday, November 17.

He noted that the Opposition bloc categorically opposes the draft law on the reintegration of Donbas, as well as the approach itself. “All draft laws that are adopted by the Verkhovna Rada should be aimed at stopping the war. The war can be stopped only through diplomatic negotiations. Diplomatic negotiations are held in the format RF-USA, Normandy format and Minsk format. I have not heard a single decision or recommendation from the formats of negotiators for implementation in the domestic legislation. Therefore, it is unclear why it is necessary to promote this law on reintegration,” the politician accentuated.

“In fact, the law on the reintegration should be a derivative or the next step, after certain political, diplomatic agreements are reached. If the cart is put before the mare, it will not go. Therefore, we are against this law on the reintegration, we consider it to be a demagogic one, which does not lead to the solution of the main issue – peace in the East of Ukraine,” Serhiy Lovochkin emphasized.