The EU does not recognize Russian passports issued in occupied Donbass, which are an encroachment on the sovereignty of Ukraine and contradict the Minsk agreements, the EU also calls on other OSCE participating States not to recognize these passports. This is stated in a statement by the delegation of the European Union, voiced during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday, January 30, in Vienna, reports Ukrinform. " The delegation recalled that the EU does not recognize such passports issued by Russia to Ukrainian citizens in the Donbass, and “calls on other OSCE participating States not to recognize these passports”.