OSCE mission in Donbas may grow to 1,000 persons

12:15, 08.06.2015 1 min read

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) is ready to grow to 1,000 monitors on the condition their security is provided and their activity is not hindered, OSCE SMM Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug has said.

He said at a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Inter-Parliamentary Council in Kyiv on Monday that the mission staff might grow to 1,000 persons amid the resumption of the conflict.

The deputy chief monitor added that the deployment of OSCE observers would be pointless unless they had free access to the entire territory.

Besides, the conflicting sides must ensure security of the monitors, he added.