04 October 2016, Tuesday, 11:29 238

U.S. Assistant Secretary Nuland To Visit Russia For Discussing With Local Authorities Situation In Donbas And Implementation Of 'Minsk Accords'

Editor: Daria Zubkova

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United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Russia for discussing with local authorities situation in Donbas and implementation of the agreements reached in Minsk, Belarus on February 12, 2015.

Ukrainian News Agency learned this from a media note on the U.S. Department of State website.

"U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels, Belgium on October 4, where he will deliver a speech hosted by the German Marshall Fund on transatlantic relations.

She will then travel to Moscow, Russia, to meet with senior Russian government officials to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine and next steps to implement the Minsk agreements in support of the Normandy countries (Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia) and the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG; Ukraine - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - Russia) for resolving the situation in Donbas.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the TCG security subgroup has agreed four more sectors for the disengagement of forces in Donbas and will continue respective consultations on October 5.