The OSCE's Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine Martin Sajdik has confirmed the date of holding the group's next meeting.

"Next time, the Trilateral Contact Group will meet on March 15," Sajdik told reporters in Minsk on Wednesday.

The withdrawal of the conflict sides' forces and hardware in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska is slated for March 7, Sajdik said.

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission was also asked to facilitate the implementation of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska on March 7, he said.

Sajdik said that the sides confirmed their commitment to the withdrawal of heavy weapons and confirmed that security of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission's observers and their property will be ensured.