Deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE Alexander Hg after negotiations with representatives of Ukraine, militias, and Russia in Donetsk said that it is encouraging. " according to our observations, the parties talk to each other on the issue of implementation of the Minsk agreement, it is encouraging, " said Hg, quoted by RIA " Novosti ". He summarized that at the present time in the East of Ukraine " the truce is not observed, serious weapons used, the level of trust is very low. He said that the sides agreed to meet again. Also Hg confirmed that the OSCE stands ready to increase monitoring mission to five hundred people, of which 350 will be placed in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics. The OSCE representative has supplemented his words by the fact that, for monitoring the implementation of the Minsk agreement on Ukraine will make a special focal points. First Wednesday in Donetsk was held dialogues authorized Ukraine, Russia, OSCE and militias. The meeting participants discussed the progress of the Minsk agreement, all issues: removal of heavy weapons, the line of demarcation, the cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. First on Wednesday, the government of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR) told me that considering lifting Kiev law on the special status of Donbass as undermining the Minsk negotiation process. Remember, on Tuesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko introduced the NSDC abolition of the law on local self-government in the Donbass. This decision in Kiev explained by the reaction to the elections in DND and LNR, which, according to the comments of the Ukrainian authorities, as if they would violate the Minsk consensus. This Poroshenko said that the abolition of the law shall not constitute a waiver of the Minsk agreements. Also on Tuesday in Parliament was registered made by the leader of the Radical party of Oleh Liashko the draft law on the loss of force of the law on the special status of certain regions of Donbass.
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