Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Viktor Muzhenko and Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug have discussed the situation in the anti-terrorist operation zone in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff press service said on Tuesday.

"The participants in the meeting, which was traditional and held with a certain degree of periodicity, discussed further ways of settling the conflict. They also spoke about mechanisms of implementing security guarantees for the operation of OSCE SMM representatives amid multiple provocations staged by the other side. The need for full implementation of the OSCE SMM mandate was noted," the report said.

Muzhenko thanked the OSCE representative for the contribution made by the monitoring mission to the resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and assured him that Ukraine was ready to continue giving comprehensive support to that activity.

"We have a common task of ceasefire and reduction of the threat to the life and health of our servicemen and Donbas civilians," the General Staff chief said.

Hug said, in turn, that the activity of the monitoring mission was aimed at the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements.