This was reported in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

They noted that the members of the group “for the first time compiled and agreed on protocol decisions in almost all areas of work.”

“Another significant advance was the coordination of the need to establish a special mechanism for discussing issues within a political group. His idea is to create a platform for direct discussion by the two parties to the conflict of topics requiring settlement in accordance with the Set of Measures, ”the Donetsk News Agency quoted the agency as saying.

According to the head of the Foreign Ministry of the DPR, Natalya Nikonorova, “it does not matter what this body will be called.”

“It is important that this will be a platform for direct dialogue, communication between the two parties to the conflict - Donbass and Ukraine,” TASS quoted her as saying.

Earlier, the deputy head of the Russian administration Dmitry Kozak said that the parties to the conflict in the Donbass agreed to identify new sections of the withdrawal of forces along the contact line.