The delegation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) wants in Minsk at the forthcoming meeting of the Contact group on the resolution of conflict situations in the Donbass to discuss ceasefire, exchange of prisoners, and the status of the region, said the Commissioner DND Denis Putilin.

" Key issues - the ceasefire on the line of contact, exchange of prisoners and the status of Donbass ", - quotes the words Putilina.

He said that lays at the meeting in Minsk " great expectations ".

first of Commissioners of the militia said that is sent to Minsk for the regular meeting of the Contact group, which planned, according to them, on 16 January. Authorized Russia and Ukraine, for its part, until not confirm that the dialogues will be held on January 16. As said Last news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin, as long as the date is not precisely defined, appear different dates. According to him, there are " multi-layered problem, because the parties nominate the rules of representation ". The appeal commissioners of the Contact group issued the OSCE, is given to understand that is scheduled for Friday meeting in Minsk remains under question.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 4, 7 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased.

With September in Minsk there were several rounds of negotiations between representatives of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's Republic of Donbass with the mediation of the OSCE and Russia. In this process, the parties discussed the ceasefire and monitoring of its compliance with OSCE, the discharge of heavy equipment from the separation line between security forces and militias, the exchange of prisoners.

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