Russia snubs Ukraine’s offer to hold extraordinary TCG meeting - delegate

The Russian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement has claimed it would be "inexpedient" to hold an extraordinary meeting as proposed by Ukraine.

That’s according to Ukraine’s delegate to the TCG, journalist Serhiy Harmash, Ukrinform reports.

"It is immediately obvious who seeks what. We have applied for an extraordinary meeting of the TCG in connection with ceasefire violations. The Russian side responded: ‘inexpedient,’” Harmash wrote on Facebook.

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According to media reports, on December 28, the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG initiated an extraordinary meeting in connection with the latest ceasefire breaches by enemy forces in Donbas. The delegation proposed that the talks be held on Wednesday, December 29.

Acting first deputy chief of the Ukrainian delegation, Andriy Kostin, noted that he "sent a letter to the OSCE Representative in the TCG with a proposal to convene an extraordinary TCG meeting tomorrow (December 29 - ed.) in connection with the ceasefire violation."

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