Ukraine in Arabic | Ukraine’s president wants to promote ceasefire in Donbass tomorrow

08.12.2014 - 13:58 #Ukraine, #Donbass, #Petro Poroshenko, #OSCE, #Ceasefire, #Heidi Tagliavini

Poroshenko noted the important role played by the trilateral contact group and expressed hope that despite the end of the term of the Swiss chairmanship of the OSCE

KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with Heidi Tagliavini, special representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office as part of the trilateral contact group on the implementation of the peace plan in eastern Ukraine, the presidential press service has reported.

"A meeting of the Tripartite Liaison Group should take place as soon as possible so that a ceasefire will be established on December 9," he wrote.

Earlier, Poroshenko said representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE would told a meeting of the tripartite contact group on December 9.

However, Donetsk militant leader Denis Pushilin told reporters on Sunday that the militants would be ready to hold talks no earlier than December 12.

The special representative also announced her intention to remain a member of the contact group and continue her work. Tagliavini said that Minsk agreements, namely the Protocol of September 5 and the Memorandum of September 19, 2014, were the basis for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas and should be respected by all parties.

Poroshenko and Tagliavini agreed to coordinate further actions on the implementation of the peace plan in Donbas

unian.info