New OSCE representative introduced to Ukraine contact group

The new OSCE representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine has taken up his duties. Former OSCE representative Heidi Tagliavini introduced him to the other members of the group. She resigned on June 6 and her successor Martin Sajdik will start working today.

She was working in the contact group together with Martin Sajdik yesterday, Tagliavini noted. It was the last time she worked there.

The contact group on Donets Basin met in Minsk President Hotel on June 23. Three subgroups met earlier – they discussed political, humanitarian and economic issues, BelaPAN reports. Donets Basin infrastructure, pensions and the exchange of captives were also discussed. The subgroups touched upon the living conditions of Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot who has been imprisoned in Russia for almost a year.

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