Poroshenko hopes document on implementing peace plan to be signed at contact group meeting on Sept 5

KYIV. Sept 4 (Interfax) - It is expected that a document on the start of implementation of the peace plan to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine will be signed during a trilateral contact group meeting in Minsk on September 5, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told reporters in Newport, Wales in the framework of the NATO summit.

"I have informed our partners about the talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin and about the plans, which should occur tomorrow, where, according to preliminary information, a document foreseeing the stages of implementing the peace plan in Ukraine should be signed," Poroshenko said.

A ceasefire is a key element of this plan, the Ukrainian president said.