Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte late tonight confirmed that the parties signatories of the Przhino Agreement had not reached an agreement on the matter of media regulation.
“We’ve had intensive negotiations for two days and all I can confirm now is that a deal has not been reached”, said Mr Vanhouttte.
When asked who is to blame for the breakdown of the talks over the media, Vanhoutte said that all four parties attended the negotiations, therefore they should all share the responsibility for the failure to come to an agreement.
The Belgian facilitator added that the failure of the parties to reach agreement on the media will affect the assessment from the ambassadors of the European Union and the United States, which shall be announced tomorrow on whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24.
On his Twitter account, Vanhoutte wrote: “No agreement on the media reached. No further negotiations are scheduled, unless parties request it. We remain available for further discussion.”
No #agreement on media reached. No further negotiations scheduled, unless parties request it. We remain available for further discussion.
— Peter Vanhoutte (@peter_vanhoutte) February 18, 2016
