KYIV. June 24 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian deputy presidential chief-of-staff, Valeriy Chaly, believes that the results of the contact group's June 23 meeting will offer fresh opportunities to implement Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's plan to restore peace in the country's eastern regions.
"We see presently there are certain decisions that are opening up opportunities to implement certain principles of the president's peace plan," Chaly told the ICTV television station on Monday evening.
"It is a step in the right direction, albeit not yet a victory," he added.
It is a positive development that Leonid Kuchma, who held the post of Ukrainian president from 1994 to 2005, represented the Kyiv authorities at these negotiations, Chaly said, adding that this circumstance offers a very good chance to find a positive solution to this situation.