Dialogue on Donbas local elections only possible after ceasefire, OSCE-verified heavy arms withdrawal – Poroshenko

11:17, 18.05.2015 1 min read

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said that a dialogue on the organization of local elections in Donbas will be only possible after a full ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weaponry is verified by the OSCE.

This was discussed at a meeting involving Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, representatives of law enforcement agencies and representatives of the working sub-groups of the Trilateral Contact Group on peacefully settling Donbas, the Ukrainian president's press service reported.