24 May 2015 16:16

Contact Group meeting on June 2 to be attended by Donetsk, Luhansk republics' envoys - Pushilin

DONETSK. May 24 (Interfax) - Talks will be held in Minsk on June 2 between the Contact Group members, with chief negotiators of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego's participation.

"The meeting will be held on June 2. This is definite. The subgroups will convene synchronously after the Contact Group talks," Pushilin told journalists.

"Serious progress is expected to be made at this meeting in solving the Minsk deal issue," he said, adding that Deinego would attend.

"Deinego and I will be present at this meeting," he said.