Moscow is not yet discussing setting up a military base in eastern Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said today, noting that two draft treaties would allow it to do so and that Russia would be ready to act if needed. broadcast the RIA news agency.
Rudenko made the statement at a time when Russian lawmakers were discussing and voting on terms of friendship with the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine. whose independence he recognized yesterdayMonday, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, the People’s Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine passed a law ratifying the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Aid between Russia and the pro-Russian separatist region, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
All 87 MEPs who took part in the special plenary session voted in favor of ratifying the agreement.
The next step after the ratification of the cooperation agreement with Russia will be the establishment of diplomatic relations and trade between the relevant ministries, said Denis Pushilin, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, 46 deputies who attended a meeting of the People’s Council of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine supported the ratification of a similar agreement with Russia.
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