A meeting of the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine with the Russian representative on Russian-Ukrainian relations will take place in Minsk on Monday, the U.S. State Department has said.

"United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker will travel to Minsk, Belarus, where he will meet with a representative of the Russian government to discuss Russian-Ukrainian relations on August 21," the U.S. Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Friday.

In addition, in Kyiv, on August 23, he, along with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, will hold meetings with high-ranking Ukrainian officials "to discuss the next steps in the line of diplomatic contacts."