Authorized contact group on Ukraine told about the need to free the hostages and called for the supervision on the borderline with Russia, according to a report by the OSCE, hosted on the Internet representative office of the organization for the results of the consultations in Minsk.

the meeting of the contact group, which discussed the situation in the East of Ukraine, was held on Thursday in Minsk. In it have taken part the Authorized Kyiv, the OSCE and Russia, as well as the self-proclaimed DND.

" The meeting participants discussed the circumstances of the hostage and the people who are in custody in the course of the conflict. As a first step, they (the Contact group - ed) has called for the immediate release of withheld by the parties persons, " according to a document made public on the Internet representative office of the OSCE.

" The contact group said that the release of the hostages and other captured individuals is an important element of ensuring the coordinated and sustainable cease-fire. Other elements include

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