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27 of March, 17:30

Russia urged not to waste time with subgroups in a contact group in Ukraine
Russia agitating members of the contact group for a settlement of the situation in Ukraine is not to procrastinate the process of creating sub-working groups that will help the dialogue of the Donetsk and Kiev on specific problems, said Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE Andrey Kelin.

The diplomat drew attention that the priority task today is to take additional steps to bring the parties together to discuss specific problems and issues in the framework of the contact group. He noticed that in Kiev there is no other companion, except for authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics.

"To resolve issues for the implementation of Complex measures for the settlement of the situation in Ukraine) through unilateral solution will not work. This only gets us nowhere. In this regard, we consider it crucial not to waste time with the formation of appropriate working groups, under paragraph 13 of the package of measures. These groups are necessary for the implementation of all the agreements, " Kelin said at the meeting of the OSCE permanent Council.

first Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym prystaiko said that the contact group will be created four subgroups: the security and humanitarian issues, socio-economic and political.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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