13 May 2015 11:56

Zakharchenko, Plotnitsky to be absent from May 19 Contact Group meeting - source

MINSK. May 13 (Interfax) - The leaders of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, respectively, most likely will not attend a meeting of the Contact Group planned for May 19, a source in the group in charge of organizing the talks told Interfax on Wednesday.

"At this point Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky are not expected to attend the meeting due on May 19," the source said.