Released OSCE monitors handed over to head of mission - representative of Donetsk People's Republic

MOSCOW. June 27 (Interfax) - The authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic have handed the released OSCE observers over to Mark Etherington, the head of the OSCE monitoring mission to Ukraine, Sergei Kavtaradze, a special representative of the Donetsk People's Republic's prime minister and a member of the Donetsk People's Republic's Security Council, told Interfax.

"Last night, we handed the released OSCE monitors personally to Mark Etherington, the head of the OSCE monitoring mission to Ukraine. He will make a decision on their further stay here or departure," Kavtaradze said.