Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy has told reporters that the parliament on Thursday, November 16, will decide on an amendment to the law on severing diplomatic relations with Russia, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the initiative of some Ukrainian parliamentarians to sever diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia is "an inadequate idea," according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Ivan Vinnyk has said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko does not support the idea of breaking diplomatic relations with Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov claims the Kremlin considers Ukraine's decision on a possible severance of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Kyiv to be a sovereign affair of Ukraine, according to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Ivan Vinnyk says he will propose that a clause foreseeing a severance of diplomatic relations with Russia be included in the Final Provisions of the draft law on Donbas reintegration, according to an UNIAN correspondent.