Steinmeier Formula
He was chairman in office of the organization for security and co operation in europe osce.
Steinmeier formula. There is more than one reason to be alarmed. The document provides for an immediate ceasefire withdrawal of heavy weapons by both sides and monitoring by the osce smm. He was minister for foreign affairs from 2005 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2017 and vice chancellor of germany from 2007 to 2009. The steinmeier formula dates back to 2015 and is named after frank walter steinmeier the then foreign minister of germany who is now its president.
Meanwhile the kremlin has launched a torpedo strike called the steinmeier formula which will eventually lead to the defeat of zelenskyys strategy. The so called steinmeier formula is an idea voiced by then german foreign minister frank walter steinmeier in fall 2015. He said it commenting on the meeting of advisers which took place on september 2. However the most important thing for ukrainian society today is to avoid violent street confrontations.
The steinmeier formula is little spoken about yet it has been touted by some as a possible route to armistice in eastern ukraine where pro russian separatists have fought with ukrainian forces. Ukraine agreeing to the so called steinmeier formula in an effort to kick start conflict settlement in donbas made the headlines this week. I t is clear that if russia is happy about this then this is already a mistake. In 2016 he proposed a simplified version of a peace plan for eastern ukraine through holding local elections in russia occupied districts.
Born 5 january 1956 is a german politician serving as president of germany since 19 march 2017. Ukraine agreed to the steinmeier formula a plan according to which the special status of donetsk and lugansk regions can be set. Ucmc has already given a detailed overview of the mechanism suggested by the formula check it out in our weekly updates 28 and 29. Vadim pristyko foreign minister of ukraine says that he has agreed to implement the steinmeier formula for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the donbass.