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The US administration rejected the idea of Russia to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine. The Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Donbbad do not envisage such an option, said the spokesman of the American National Security Council, Garrett Markis, Friday, July 20 in Washington. He also noted that the referendum on the territory of Ukraine not controlled by the government in Kiev would in any case be illegitimate.
Russian Ambbadador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on July 20 that Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump July in Helsinki discussed the possibility of holding a referendum in Donbbad . According to Antonov, concrete proposals were made at the summit, but he refused to provide details.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that he would not comment on this information. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, however, noted that if the world community, mainly the United States, "can not convince Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements, other options can be discussed "
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