Ukraine Trilateral Contact Group confirms willingness of parties to exchange prisoners

29 ноября 2017

As stated by Martin Sajdik - the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group - the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, together with the participation of representatives of certain regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, confirmed the willingness of the parties to exchange prisoners on the basis of approved lists. This is the result of today's meeting in Minsk.

The date of the exchange will be set as soon as possible, since the parties are willing to make this exchange before the holidays.

Among those to be released are 306 people from the Ukrainian side and 74 from Donetsk and Lugansk. The issue of exchange of all prisoners is one of the key points of the Minsk Agreements.