- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

OSCE Observers to Inspect Crossing at Russia-Ukraine Border: Spokesperson

© Sputnik / Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankObservers will inspect crossing at Russia-Ukraine border near Novoazovsk, OSCE spokesperson said Thursday.
Observers will inspect crossing at Russia-Ukraine border near Novoazovsk, OSCE spokesperson said Thursday. - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Observers will inspect crossing at Russia-Ukraine border near Novoazovsk, OSCE spokesperson said Thursday.

DONETSK, November 6 (RIA Novosti) — Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are set to inspect the Novoazovsk border crossing that is currently controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, an OSCE spokesperson told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

"Observers will inspect the crossing and then there will be a press briefing," the spokesperson said.

On Wednesday, representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the OSCE and the Donetsk People's Republic met for talks in Donetsk. Following the meeting, Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor of the OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine said that progress on the negotiation process is positive, though the sides have yet to reach an agreement on the demarcation line needed to create the buffer zone stipulated by the September 19 Minsk memorandum.

Following a February coup in Kiev, Donetsk and Luhansk residents established people's republics that later declared their independence. The crisis in Ukraine escalated when Kiev authorities launched a military operation against independence supporters in eastern Ukraine in mid-April.

Following months of bloodshed, the conflicting sides signed a ceasefire agreement on September 5 in Minsk. A memorandum specifying the implementation of the ceasefire was adopted at another Contact Group meeting on September 19.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала