23 Sep 2014 11:44

Minsk may host next meeting of Contact Group on Ukraine in a month - DPR premier

MOSCOW. Sept 23 (Interfax) - The prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, believes that the next meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine may be held in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, in a month.

"I think that it will happen in a month. We need at least one month to basically implement the decisions that were adopted at the last session of the Contact Group," he told Interfax.

Zakharchenko also said he was concerned by the Ukrainian side's failure to observe the ceasefire terms.

"There is no total clarity as far as the ceasefire is concerned. Shelling by the Ukrainian side continue. I would call it a sluggish combat operation," he said.