Separatists in eastern Ukraine to hold summit of unrecognized states
The leaders of the so-called DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) announced their intention to hold a summit of “unrecognized states of the world.”
“In February or March, we will hold a summit for the unrecognized, as well as partially recognized, states or territories with no official status. We could be visited by, for example, the Basques, Flanders, Venice, Texas,” the foreign minister of the DPR, Alexander Kofman, said.
According to Kofman, negotiations with the separatists in other countries have already been held, and they agreed to participate in the summit. He also said that plans are underway to announce the creation of a “League of the newest states” during the summit.
Russia has already created three unrecognized states, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria, in the post-Soviet space.