23 Jun 2014 17:02

End to Ukraine conflict to be sought at Ukraine-Russia-OSCE meeting

KYIV. June 23 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's office said a "trilateral contact group" representing Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was due to meet on Monday to ponder guidelines for implementing Poroshenko's plan for settling the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.

"It is expected that Heidi Tagliavini, special representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office, and [Russian Ambassador to Ukraine] Mikhail Zurabov will take part in the negotiations in Donetsk. The second Ukrainian president, Leonid Kuchma will take part in the meeting at the request of the head of state," the president's office said in a statement.