Gerashchenko: Kyiv will raise question of restoring control over Ukrainian-Russian border in Minsk on Oct 26

14:34, 22.10.2016 1 min read

The question of restoring control over the Ukrainian-Russian border will be raised at the talks in Minsk on October 26, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ukraine's representative in the subgroup for humanitarian affairs of the Trilateral Contact Group Iryna Gerashchenko has stated.

"The first question our group will raise will be control over the border," she said on the air of the "Right to Power" show on 1+1 TV Channel.

Gerashchenko stressed the Ukrainian side will insist on setting up the fifth subgroup, "which will discuss how the OSCE first and then the Ukrainian government must gain control over the Ukrainian-Russian border."