The subgroup safety of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine on Tuesday resumed its work in Minsk, said the foreign Ministry of Belarus.

before the press service of the envoy of the self-proclaimed DND on the negotiations Denis Pushilin said that the political Sub-group resumed its work in Minsk.


"Working groups on security and political issues settlement in the East of Ukraine began after the break of the meeting in Minsk," - said the foreign Ministry of Belarus.

yesterday in Minsk behind closed doors commenced the meeting of the subgroup on political issues and on security issues, which lasted a couple of hours. In the last period of time in these sub-groups are the most tense discussion, and to speed up the process of finding a compromise, these thematic sub-groups intensified work schedule. However, as long as the parties do not have the opportunity to come to a common opinion about the local elections in the Donbass and to initial the agreement about the discharge of weapons up to a caliber of 100 millimeters from the line of contact.

Tuesday will also host the contact group meeting, which will discuss the results of the subgroups.

The military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of Donbas lasts more than a year. On February 12, negotiations were consensus about stop fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, the introduction to the Constitution of Ukraine for change about the decentralization of power and consolidation of special status " of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

sections: Politics