Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine to meet in Minsk today

13 января 2016

This year’s first meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine is expected to take place today in Minsk. The main issues on the agenda are Donbas’ special status, holding local elections in the region in accordance with Ukrainian legislation and implementing other provisions of the Minsk agreements. Yesterday, Minsk hosted a meeting of the political subgroup.

The deadline for implementing the Minsk Agreement was previously extended by Normandy Four leaders till 2016.