Subgroup on safety in Ukraine to continue working in Minsk

9 сентября 2015

The safety subgroup of the Contact Group on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine will continue working in Minsk. The agenda includes preparing the final version of the document on the withdrawal of less than 100-millimeter caliber arms from the line of contact.

The Contact Group itself will hold a video conference on 11 September as part of the control over the observance of the regime of silence. The next meeting is scheduled to be held in Minsk on 22 September.

Another round of talks ended in Minsk yesterday, however, the participants failed to initial the agreement on the withdrawal of arms. According to Ukraine’s representative Leonid Kuchma, the validity of the February agreements should be extended if they are not implemented by the end of the year.