The self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic nourishes the hope that the tripartite meeting of the contact group on 23 June will be achieved major consensus, said the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND on Minsk talks Denis Putilin.

"Twenty 3-th of the meeting. I hope it will be achieved more significant decisions that will be possible to commit to paper and sign " - quoted Donetsk news Agency.

Pushilin told that in the framework of negotiations on June 23 scheduled meetings 4 sub-groups and contact groups ".

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 were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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