MINSK - Continuation of the consultations of the trilateral contact group for settling the situation in Ukraine is planned on Sept. 5 in Minsk, First Deputy Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Andrei Purgin said.
“We have handed each other documents and we will study them, consultations may continue on Sept. 5,” Purgin told reporters in Minsk on Sept. 1 following four-hour talks of the contact group including Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
“We will actively discuss Ukraine’s proposals, which are big, and we will study and discuss them,” Purgin said. The parties have “taken time out,” he said.
Representatives of both parties need to realize which of the proposals are “possible for discussion, and which are unacceptable,” Purgin said.
When asked by reporters which of nine points voiced by the militia representatives Purgin considered to be of principle, the DPR deputy prime minister said: “We do not want to bring them for wide discussion for now, the work will continue.”
Purgin said he noted several directions, including the issue of captives.
