The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic is ready to hold local elections on the basis of Ukrainian law and with the assistance of the OSCE observers, but this requires direct meetings between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..

"The first condition of preparation of the elections in the Donbas are direct meeting and approval of modalities for conducting these elections. Donetsk and Lugansk are ready to hold them on the basis of the Ukrainian legislation, they're ready to OSCE observers received the right to monitor this process, but they want all this to agree, in consultation with the Ukrainian authorities ", - said the Minister at a press conference in the Russian capital.

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