“The contact group meeting has ended. The next meeting in Minsk will be held on January 16, 2020, ”the Donetsk News Agency quoted the agency as saying.

Earlier, an OSCE representative said that at a meeting on December 18, the parties plan to discuss the exchange of detainees, the protection of civilians and infrastructure, as well as the separation of forces.

On December 15, the DPR announced their readiness to offer the Minsk Contact Group new sites for the separation of forces and assets on the contact line in the Donbass.