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The meetings are planned for Minsk, Belarus 15:00 (3 pm) December 24
Equivalent time:
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California, USA 4 am PT
Hong Kong 8 pm
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Posted at vz.ru
December 24, 2014
Contact group meeting in Minsk for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass “is scheduled for 15.00 on December 24,” said a representative of the People’s Republic of Donetsk, Vice-Speaker of the People’s Council DNR Dennis Pushilin.
“The meeting is confirmed, at least for the moment. The beginning is scheduled for 15:00. The previous agenda. It is four points: removal of artillery and multiple rocket launchers facilities to a safe distance from the line of contact, exchange of prisoners, the lifting of the economic blockade of Donbas and the introduction of the by Ukraine of the law on the special status of Donbass “, – he said, reports” the Donetsk news agency. ”
Precisely because of the agenda, for a long time were unable to agree on a date for the negotiations, reports Tass.
As the representative of December 17 LC at Minsk negotiations Vladislav Dane, the republic is ready to negotiate only under the condition that the agenda will include questions on the abolition of the decrees of Petro Poroshenko on the socio-economic blockade of Donbas, on the enactment of laws on the special status of the region and of amnesty .
On Tuesday, the Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin said that the trilateral meeting of the contact group to resolve the conflict in the east of Ukraine is scheduled for Wednesday.
It was reported that Lugansk People’s Republic is not officially invited to the talks in Minsk on December 24th, but its representative went there, “not to disrupt the meeting.”
Dane stated before that not a single document which could be signed at a meeting of the contact group in Ukraine has yet been prepared.
…Recall that on Monday evening, the press office of the Ukrainian president reported that leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia have agreed to hold new meetings of the contact group in Minsk on Wednesday and Friday (24 and 26 December).
Source:
http://www.vz.ru/news/2014/12/24/721949.html
Пушилин: Встреча контактной группы в Минске запланирована на 15.00
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From Ruvesna.su
Belarus to host a new round of Ukraine peace talks
December 23, 2014
Belarus is set to host a new round of Ukrainian peace talks this week.
Envoys from Kiev, Russia, and OSCE reps will attend the talks, which will be held on Wednesday and Friday.
The Ukrainian president has issued a statement saying that the dates were discussed in a phone conversation between the French, Russian, and German heads of state. Petro Poroshenko added that the leaders highlighted the need to implement the next steps of a ceasefire plan approved by Kiev and pro-Russian fighters in September.
The first round of talks in Minsk produced no concrete results, with the two sides accusing each other of violating the terms of the accord. Ukraine and its Western allies blame Russia for stoking the deadly conflict. But Russia has time and again denied that it is involved in the crisis.
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