OSCE high commissioner on national minorities to visit Ukraine this weekend

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors is to pay another visit to Ukraine in the very near future.

"The visit by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors for the discussion of the current socio-political situation in Ukraine is scheduled for March 23-29, 2014," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said at a briefing.

The OSCE high commissioner is expected to visit Kyiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, and, if possible, Crimea, according to the Foreign Ministry.