1 Feb 2017 19:47

Donbas conflicting parties agree to swap lists of captives, verifying them - Sajdik

MINSK. Feb 1 (Interfax) - The Contact Group for Ukraine has agreed at a meeting in Minsk to exchange the lists of captives, OSCE Special Envoy Martin Sajdik told journalists.

The swap of the name-by-name lists of captives is an important positive issue in the humanitarian area, the parties are verifying the lists, he said.

The Contact Group has also discussed a mechanism, which envisages the opportunity for the captives to stay on the Kyiv-controlled territory after their release from captivity, Sajdik also said.

There are some captives, who have a wish to remain on the Kyiv-controlled territory, after their freeing, and this means that it is necessary to find a mechanism, which can ensure it formally, he said.