At the Paris meeting "Norman Quartet" on 2 October key will be the question of political reform in Ukraine and elections in the Donbass, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
"As for Paris, then, without doubt, there will be discussed the whole range of issues related to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and, of course, the question of political reform and elections ? this is one of the key points ", ? RIA "news" words of the press Secretary of the President.
at the same time he did not want to evaluate the initiative of the postponement of the elections in DND and LNR in February 2016." Before the Minsk meeting, Before the meeting of the group to give any estimates that these new initiatives, I did not. Let's wait for the outcome of the discussion ", ? he said. On Tuesday it was announced That representatives of the Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics at the meeting of the Contact group on Tuesday will propose a schedule of deadlines for the political points of the Minsk agreements providing for the holding of elections in Donbas on February 21, 2016. In case of implementation of the submitted plan, the parties will be able to completely supply the political points of the set of measures in terms of recording the change in the Constitution of Ukraine. Remember, September 16, the head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko, despite pressure from Kiev, said That it has appointed elections to the local self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic on October 18. September 9, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on ensuring the holding of "a democratic, fair and transparent" elections in local authorities in Ukraine on October 25. Poroshenko also said That Donetsk and Lugansk are obliged to dispense with the holding of local elections, and tried to convince them to immediately begin discussions on the modalities of their conduct according to the Ukrainian laws.

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