"Can Minsk Deliver a Sustainable Peace?”
Panel 1: The Current Status of the Minsk Process
Amb. Vadym Prystaiko
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine
Ukrainian Government
Mr. Paul Quinn-Judge
Senior Adviser, Ukraine and Russia
International Crisis Group
Dr. Anders Åslund
Senior Fellow, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Mr. Adrian Karatnycky
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Dr. Evelyn Farkas
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Panel 2: The Objectives of the Parties
Dr. Hryhoriy Nemyria
Chairman
Human Rights Committee of the Ukranian Parliament
Dr. Sergey Markedonov
Director, Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations
Institute for Political and Military Analysis
Ms. Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Panel 3: Minsk and the Resolution of the Crisis in the Donbas
Amb. Johannes Regenbrecht (via video link)
Special Envoy for Ukraine and Head of the Ukraine Task Force
German Foreign Office
Dr. Vladislav Inozemtsev
Senior Fellow, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
The Hon. Steven Pifer
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
The Hon. John Herbst (Moderator)
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
The Minsk accords, signed in 2014 and 2015, have remained as the core guiding principle for a peace process in eastern Ukraine. Despite the ceasefire agreement, however, violence continues in the Donbas with low-intensity warfare plaguing local communities. The war in Ukraine has claimed over 9,000 lives and left over 1.5 million internally displaced persons. According to the Minsk agreements, Ukraine must hold elections in the Donbas in line with international standards and include a constitutional provision for special status for the so-called “People’s Republics.” In return, Russia must guarantee Ukraine’s control of its eastern border and allow international monitors full access to occupied territories. But are these tenable demands? Can the Minsk process still deliver a sustainable peace? To address these questions, the Atlantic Council brings together three distinguished panels of experts and policymakers to discuss the current state of the negotiations and future prospects for resolution.
We hope you can join us for this important and timely discussion.
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