DONETSK. June 27 (Interfax) - Consultations between the leaders of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, the OSCE mission, and Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Medvedchuk, who represent Kyiv, began in Donetsk on Friday, an Interfax correspondent has reported.
The main issues addressed in the consultations are ceasefire guarantees, the development of an algorithm governing ceasefires by both sides, and the work of international monitoring groups monitoring the observance of the ceasefire regime, an Interfax correspondent has reported.
Oleg Tsarev, chairman of the Council of the People's Republics (the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics) and co-chairman of the People's Front of Novorossia, is not taking part in the consultations. In the meantime, the OSCE delegation has been increased by one person.