Russia and Ukraine expected to give comments to the media on the results of the negotiations, says Russian news agency.
QUICK FACTS:
- The Russian-Ukrainian negotiations are over and the meeting lasted five hours, a source taking part in the talks told The Russian News Agency (TASS) on Monday.
- “They have been concluded,” the source said.
- The participants in the meeting are expected to give comments for the media on the results of the negotiations, according to TASS.
REPRESENTING RUSSIA:
- Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky led the Russian delegation, which included Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky.
REPRESENTING UKRAINE:
- Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov led the Ukrainian delegation, along with Advisor to the Ukrainian Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak, Head of the faction “Servant of the People” David Arakhamiya, First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian delegation in the Contact Group on settling the situation in Donbass Andrey Kostin, Ukrainian legislator Rustem Umerov, and Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolay Tochitsky.
BACKGROUND:
- Medinsky said earlier that the Russian delegation was willing to negotiate with the Ukrainian side for as long as it takes to clinch agreements, TASS notes.
- He also said that the meeting was postponed several times last night and that its venue was rearranged, and, as a result, the original option was chosen, the Gomel Region near the Ukrainian border.
