People, the data that is not included in the Ukrainian penitentiary system, as well as people listed as missing, request for exchange of the representatives of Russia, “DNR” and “LNR” in the Trilateral contact group, reports Диалог.UA.

This is done in violation of the principle “all for all”, declared during the meeting in Paris the meeting of representatives of the countries-participants of the Normandy format, said in an interview with “Focus” Alexei Reznikov.

The Minister said that representatives of the Ukrainian state authorities offered to other participants of the Trilateral contact group of candidates, the real people who are in prison in the territory of “DNR” and “LNR”, provide the documents confirming the presence of these people in places of forced retention.

And the representatives of Russia and “republics” instead of an exchange “all on all” suddenly started to spread the exchanged people into categories, set quotas. And also offer to exchange people that are not among the contingent of Ukrainian penal institutions, as well as people who have been reported as missing.

This is the main reason for the delay with the exchange of detainees, according to Alexey Reznikov.

“We say, “Paris said, “all in all”, shows evidence: answers to the relatives of the “administrations” of prisons. But they give do not agree. Instead of asking the people we really can not find, not in our prison system”, – said Reznikov.

“Coming up with the quota formula is bargaining, so the process is postponed”, – said the Minister.

He also noted that among the people sought to exchange the Russian side, the soldiers of the army of the Russian Federation were detained in the Donbas in the area of environmental protection.

It is, as the Minister said, a striking proof of the so-called “effective control” exercised by Russia on the occupied part of Donbass.

Earlier Reznikov said they would be in the East of Ukraine after Russia withdraws its troops.

Reznikov also called the timing of the return of the occupied Donbass, noting that the safe reintegration of the occupied part of Donetsk and Lugansk regions will take a lot of time.

In addition, Reznikov spoke about Ukrainians with Russian passports in the occupied Donbas and Crimea, saying that they are the victims.

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Nadezhda Nikitina