The next meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the events in the Donbass will be held on 9 December in Minsk, said the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, reports Ukrainian news Agency UNIAN.
along with this, the President said that cautiously optimistic about the possibility of a ceasefire from December 9, after the meeting of the parties to the conflict in Minsk." As long as I cautiously optimistic that we will succeed with 9 numbers to stop the fire " - quoted Poroshenko Agency.
" Task - approval of the schedule of implementation of the Minsk agreements. Referring to 9th day began artillery silence, and for a period of 30 days to exit at the line of contact, as outlined in Minsk Protocol ", - said the head of the country. However, he drew attention, because it is required to offset with the withdrawal of heavy weapons and equipment and to ensuring the work of the OSCE mission monitoring ceasefires.
Poroshenko also clarified that then required to begin the political dialogue and the organization of local elections in the Donbass.
" The next meeting of the contact group in Minsk scheduled for 9 December ", - quotes Agency Poroshenko.
on the first day of the weekend, the Vice-speaker of the people's Council of Donetsk national Republic Denis Putilin made the initiative to hold a meeting in Minsk on settlement in the Donbass 12 December.
In prosesi Thursday at the meeting Poroshenko from the security forces was announced that the parties had agreed to advertise in the East the mode of " silence " from 9 December. It is planned that the ceasefire will be preceded by new talks in Minsk in the format of Ukraine, DND and LNR brokered by Russia and the OSCE.
Officially in Donbass " has a " truce from September 5, to which the parties came to the end of the Minsk agreements. So, in Minsk With the mediation of Russia and the OSCE, Ukraine, and the militia of Donbass agreed to a truce with this date - stop fire, lead heavy equipment, exchange of prisoners. Minsk minutes dated September 5, outlined the General consensus that the Memorandum dated September 19 - details of the truce. However, the fire continues, and the current truce is quite conditional.
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