The meeting between U.S. envoy Kurt Volker and his Russian counterpart Vladislav Surkov, aiming to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is an important step towards a peaceful resolution to the crisis, Ukrainian experts said here on August 21.
Volker, who is the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, and Surkov, who is Russian presidential aide, held a closed-door meeting earlier in the day in Minsk, Belarus.