Kuchma arrived in Minsk for a meeting of the contact group on Ukraine
The Commissioner of Kiev in the contact group on settling the situation in Donbas, the ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma arrived in Minsk to participate in the negotiations, said Last news Commissioner of the Minsk airport.
The next meeting of the contact group will be held on Tuesday in Minsk, it is scheduled to start at 16. 00 (same as GMT). First of Kuchma said that the meeting of the contact group, Participants will hear of the coordinators of the subgroups, and one of the key issues in the negotiations will be the Issue of the demilitarization of the village Shirokino. In addition, according to his statement, will discuss the Issue of withdrawal from the contact line in Donbass weapons with a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres.
"The Charter flight with Kuchma in the salon right now landed in Minsk," - said the head of the Department.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.
The previous meeting of the trilateral contact group in Minsk on 22 may did not bring breakthrough solutions. The parties were unable to move on the issue of appointment of local elections in the Donbass envisaged by the Minsk agreements. The negotiators only summed up the results of the may 4 subgroups and set a date for the following meetings.