The ministry noted that Donetsk and Lugansk "are located within the sovereign territory of the country of Ukraine"
WASHINGTON, August 16. /tass/. The American administration claims that issues related to the restoration work in the Donbass should be resolved by Kiev.
Speaking at a regular briefing for journalists on Tuesday, the head of the press service of the US State Department, Ned Price, expressed the opinion that it is not up to Donbass and Russia to work out solutions to these issues. "Donetsk and Lugansk are located within the sovereign territory of the country of Ukraine. The government and the people of Ukraine, and not some other country, will determine which individuals will take part in reconstruction projects there," the official representative of the American Foreign Ministry believes. He commented on the assumptions about the possibility of the participation of labor migrants from the DPRK in the reconstruction work in the Donbass.
The Ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) in Moscow, Rodion Miroshnik, said on August 13 on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel that the DPRK is set up for constructive interaction and serious relations with the republic. "We are talking about labor migration, economic cooperation, we are even talking about tourism, we are talking about many areas that are only now being outlined during our dialogue, because we have now agreed that we are preparing certain documents, these will be memoranda, certain agreements, on the basis of which we will negotiate with North Korea is talking about using their strong capabilities and what we can offer them in return," Miroshnik said. "They have highly qualified engineers, average staff, builders, that is, they are really very well-trained people who are set up for long-term contracts, there is this potential," the ambassador added.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, and the goals are demilitarization and denazification of the country. The West, in response to Russia's decision, began gradually imposing numerous and large-scale sanctions against it. Along with this, Western states have begun to supply weapons to Kiev for amounts estimated at this stage in the tens of billions of dollars. A number of Western politicians have admitted that it is, in fact, an economic war against Russia. As Putin stated on March 16, the Western sanctions policy towards Moscow has all the signs of aggression. He pointed out that the policy of containing Russia is a long-term strategy of the West.
