Authorized Kiev authorities in the negotiations of the political sub-group in Minsk returned to the original positions in the holding of local elections in the Donbass, said Tuesday the press service of the envoy of the self-proclaimed DNR Parliament speaker Denis Pushilin.

"The differences on all of the parties to fundamental problems remained, moreover, returned to their original positions - it is the majoritarian electoral system, election administration, candidate requirements, the non-participation of political parties, the procedure for accrediting mass media ", - quotes the expression of the envoy's press service

head of Department added that the only unifying aspect of the parties remained the understanding of the need to observe the electoral process the OSCE / ODIHR, which fully corresponds to the set of measures of 12 February.

according to the press service Pushilin, the parties also discussed the necessity of implementing, the roadmap work, the inclusion of the issues of Amnesty, amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine and special status of Donbass.

"Moreover, there were Disagreements on the issues of Amnesty. Despite the set of measures Authorized Ukrainian press about its conduct after the elections, " added the Commissioner of the press service.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began More than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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