Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador

3:30 pm

H.E. Mr. Maxim Peshkov:

My answer for the Deputy is very simple. These people sitting in Kiev are illegitimate. That is all. The only legitimate and legal way out of this situation could be the fulfilment of the agreement of 21 February, which stated that the presidential elections must take place by the end of this year. That is all. Had this stipulation been fulfilled, there would have been no question from our side.