Kuchma believes Normandy Quartet ministerial meeting in Munich should precede Trilateral Contact Group's next meeting
Leonid Kuchma, a former Ukrainian president and currently Ukraine's representative in the Trilateral Contact Group for settling the conflict in Donbas, believes the group should meet next time in Minsk following a meeting between the Normandy Quartet foreign ministers (France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine) in Munich.
"Considering that the representatives of the certain districts in Donetsk and Luhansk regions are not complying with the ceasefire agreements and there is no progress in freeing hostages and implementing other provisions of the Minsk Agreements, I believe the Trilateral Contact Group's next meeting should be held following a meeting of the Normandy Quartet foreign ministers," Kuchma's press secretary Darka Olifer quoted him as saying on Facebook.
Kuchma made this proposal to the OSCE chairperson-in-office's envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, Olifer said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin had said on Friday that the organization of a Normandy Quartet ministerial meeting in Munich on February 13 was under consideration.
"There are plans to arrange this meeting on February 13. We are currently discussing the timeframe and agenda. If we agree on this, we'll hold it in Munich," Klimkin told Interfax-Ukraine.
A source with knowledge of the situation had told Interfax-Ukraine earlier that the Normandy Quartet foreign ministers could meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. He, however, did not mention any exact dates.
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