Rebel
envoy says traveling to Minsk for talks with Russia, Ukraine, OSCE
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[January 30, 2015]
KIEV (Reuters) - A representative of
pro-Russian rebels said on Friday he was traveling to the Belarussian
capital Minsk for talks with envoys from Kiev, Moscow and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a separatist news
agency reported.
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The group brokered a ceasefire deal in Minsk last September, but
an upsurge in violence in separatist eastern territories in the past
two weeks appears to have buried the frequently violated truce.
Further talks would bring hopes of a new ceasefire agreement to
contain the conflict, which has killed more than 5,000 since
erupting nine months ago.
"At the moment I am going to Minsk," the separatist-run DAN news
agency quoted rebel envoy Denis Pushilin as saying. "A formal
invitation to take part in the meeting was received from the OSCE."
Both Ukraine and the rebels accuse the other side of escalating the
conflict. The rebels have said the September peace agreement is no
longer effective, but are prepared to hold new talks with Kiev.
The press service for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the
Foreign Ministry said they had no information whether a Ukrainian
envoy was traveling to Minsk for talks on Friday.
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The OSCE, whose chairman Ivica Dacic said on Thursday he hoped new
talks would be held in Minsk "as soon as possible," declined to
comment on Pushilin's statements.
(Reporting by Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets; Editing by
Janet Lawrence)
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