Moscow - Kyiv and representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics may soon reach a compromise on the venue of the next ground of peace settlement consultations, a source in the Contact Group supporting the peace process in eastern Ukraine told Interfax.
“It seems Sviatohirsk suggested earlier as a consultations venue won’t do because of various kinds of disagreements. We will seek a compromise. Stubbornness won’t work, the negotiations have to be carried on,” the source said.
“A final decision regarding the venue of the next round of consultations may be chosen already on Friday or on Saturday,” he claimed.
“We still need some time to coordinate the final decision but I think it will be made within a couple of days,” the source said.
A source in the government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic told Interfax on Thursday, July 10 that parties to the multilateral consultations on the peace settlement in eastern Ukraine had been unable to reach an agreement on the venue of their next meeting.
“Petro Poroshenko insists on Sviatohirsk. We do not want to go there and propose to hold the next round of consultations either in Donetsk or in any city of Russia, but the Ukrainian side does not agree to that,” the source said.
