Contact group on Ukraine will hold a videoconference

The contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine will hold a videoconference. On the agenda is the observance of silence in the Donbass, the debate on the Treaty about the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber of not more than 100 millimeters and the issue of holding local elections.

Tuesday in Minsk hosted a meeting of the contact group, on which the parties have not reached agreement on the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber not exceeding 100 millimetres and local elections in the Donbass. Following the talks, press Secretary of the Ukrainian envoy said that September 25 will take place the videoconference tripartite liaison group with the participation of authorized self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk national republics.


in her expressions, in the agenda of the videoconference is the entire list of issues fixed in the text of the Minsk agreements, for example a ceasefire. Authorized of Donbass report that compliance " regime of silence ", which was established on 1 September, will be the main issue of the negotiations.

"The primary goal of negotiations - supervision of the observance of silence," said the Commissioner LNR Vladislav Danego Last news . Authorized DND Denis Putilin also said Fins news that the ceasefire " is the main question that will be specifically discussed ". He added that dialogues will be held in the first part of the day.

Official authorized Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the video conference will also discuss the Treaty about the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber of not more than 100 millimetres.

"I hope that this (compromise agreement) will contribute to the proposals of the OSCE observation mission, which is currently being studied by the parties in order to discuss the process is scheduled for September 25 meeting of the contact group ", - said Zakharov and clarified that the story is about video conferencing.


The holding of local elections in the Donbas has become one of the most acute problems of the Minsk process in recent weeks. On Tuesday the DNR and LNR made the proposal to hold local elections in February 2016, with a slip, because it does not revoke the election, which is already officially designated in the Donbass on 18 October and 1 November. Authorized the OSCE in the contact group Sajdik Martin expressed regret that elections will not be cancelled.

the Commissioner of Kiev in the subgroup on political issues said Roman Bezsmertny, the Ukrainian media that the video conference on the last working day of the week, the Contact group will again discuss this issue.

for its part, a source close to the negotiations said Last news that the results of the video conference on the last working day of the week has the opportunity to be a decision made to hold political dialogues subgroups on Saturday. As long as they are officially scheduled for September 28-29 when they host another round of talks of the contact group. The head of Department clarified that the intensification of talks on political issues necessary to come to some decisions until October 2 when Paris will host a meeting of leaders "Norman Quartet" (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France).

the head of the foreign Ministry "channel four" on September 12, held dialogues in Berlin. Then the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Germany and Russia underlined the urgency of resolving political problems. So, the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian Federation, France and Germany believe can be overcome discrepancies in political issues, such as harmonization of local elections. He expressed the hope that this issue will be resolved no later than 2 October.


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