7 Aug 2015 13:10

Oct 18 is final date of local elections in DPR - Zakharchenko

DONETSK. Aug 7 (Interfax) - Authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have determined the final date of the elections.

"October 18 is the final date. We will meet with representatives of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) shortly and we will discuss the issue," DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko told reporters on Friday.

The DPR said earlier it did not rule out that, if necessary, the date of local elections could be changed.

"I think that if a necessity arises, I do not rule out a change of dates," chairman of the DPR people's assembly Andrei Purgin told reporters on July 24.

It has been reported that the elections in the LPR were planned for November 1.