Klimkin, Alfano meet in Mariupol with OSCE observers

Ukrainian and Italian Foreign Ministers Pavlo Klimkin and Angelino Alfano are meeting in Mariupol with representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM), the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported on Twitter.

"A meeting of Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Italy Klimkin and Alfano with representatives of the OSCE SMM in Mariupol. A briefing by observers on violations of the ceasefire regime, the humanitarian situation in the region and the work of the mission," the statement reads.

Klimkin said at a briefing at the Foreign Ministry on January 30 that he wanted Alfano, as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, to see with his own eyes what is happening in Donbas.

Alfano is on a working visit to Ukraine on January 30-31.