KIEV, June 4 (RAPSI) – Ukraine's parliament has adopted a bill on the deployment of foreign troops for peace and security purposes based on UN and EU mandates, RIA Novosti reported Thursday. 

The provision was adopted by 240 votes, while the necessary minimum is 226 votes. 

Under Ukrainian law, armed groups that are not stipulated by law cannot exist and foreign bases cannot be established in the country. This is why foreign troops are admitted into the country by a special law at the president’s recommendation. 

Under the amendment to the law on the procedure for the entry and deployment of foreign military units in Ukraine, foreign troops can enter Ukraine at its request to assist in the implementation of an international peace and security operation based on a UN or EU decision.

The authors of the bill said a peacekeeping operation in Ukraine would promote the effective implementation of the Minsk Agreements, which were signed on February 12 to settle the conflict in Donbas.

The amendments also prohibit the use of troops from the aggressor country in these operations.

In March 2015, Kiev proposed sending a peacekeeping mission to Donbas. A peacekeeping mission can only be established with the approval of the UN Security Council. Russia, which is a permanent Security Council member with veto power, is willing to discuss sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, but it has several questions.