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China hopes for success in Minsk talks on Ukraine
Feb11

China hopes for success in Minsk talks on Ukraine

“China hails and supports an active international mediation by all the parties to reduce the tension in eastern Ukraine and find a political way to regulate it,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on 11 February. …read more Source:...

Ban Ki-moon hopes for successful Minsk talks on Ukraine
Feb11

Ban Ki-moon hopes for successful Minsk talks on Ukraine

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon praised the intensive diplomatic efforts aimed at securing a solid and long-term ceasefire in the east of Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the UN spokesperson told a briefing in New York. …read more Source:...

Contact group on Ukraine to resume talks in Minsk 11 February
Feb11

Contact group on Ukraine to resume talks in Minsk 11 February

“The contact group will hold another meeting today. The time for the meeting will be announced later. The meeting will be held in the diplomatic service hall,” the Foreign Ministry of Belarus said. …read more Source:...

Minsk to host CIS Rail Transport Council meeting
Feb11

Minsk to host CIS Rail Transport Council meeting

Minsk will host delegations of the railway administrations of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. Representatives of Georgia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia and Iran are expected in the Belarusian capital as well. …read more Source:...

DNR, LNR representatives present draft protocol on regulation of situation in eastern Ukraine
Feb11

DNR, LNR representatives present draft protocol on regulation of situation in eastern Ukraine

The document envisages a set of measures for the military and political settle of the conflict in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk reaches ceasefire regime agreement
Feb10

Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk reaches ceasefire regime agreement

Members of the contact group also discussed the state structure of Ukraine’s Donetsk region and the holding of local elections. …read more Source:...

Minsk session of trilateral contact group on Ukraine over
Feb10

Minsk session of trilateral contact group on Ukraine over

The expanded participation session lasted for about two hours. There were no plans to brief the media about the results. …read more Source:...

Trilateral contact group on Ukraine begins negotiations in Minsk
Feb10

Trilateral contact group on Ukraine begins negotiations in Minsk

Taking part in the talks are former president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, OSCE special representative Heidi Tagliavini, Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov and representatives of the self-declared republics: Denis Pushilin of Donetsk and Vladislav Deinego of Lugansk. …read more Source:...

Nikolai Shchyokin: Minsk is becoming a universal venue for talks on the Ukrainian crisis
Feb10

Nikolai Shchyokin: Minsk is becoming a universal venue for talks on the Ukrainian crisis

It has been reported earlier that at the meeting in Sochi on 8 February President of Russia Vladimir Putin addressed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko with a request to help arrange a Normandy format meeting on Ukraine. …read more Source:...

EEC starts anti-dumping investigation into Ukrainian seamless pipes
Feb10

EEC starts anti-dumping investigation into Ukrainian seamless pipes

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has decided to launch an anti-dumping investigation into the import of 426mm cold-worked and hot-worked seamless pipes from stainless steel produced in Ukraine. …read more Source:...