Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas holds meeting in Minsk today

A regular meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas will be held in Minsk on 13 July.

The sides scheduled the talks following the previous meeting. "The participants of the meeting should discuss formation of sub-groups so that Kyiv will be able to regain control over the Ukrainian-Russian state border," the press-secretary Dark Olifer of Ukrainian representative in the talks Leonid Kuchma has written on Facebook.

An agreement to withdraw troops at several section of contact line is expected to be signed by the sides at this Trilateral Contact Group meeting.

Earlier, the talks of Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas were held in Minsk on June 29. Contact Group to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine had agreed to withdraw troops in the villages of Petrovske and Zolote.

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