Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik welcomes transfer of detainees not related to conflict from CALR to territory controlled by government of Ukraine

KYIV, 12 December 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and to the Trilateral Contact Group Аmbassador Martin Sajdik made the following statement regarding the transfer of detainees not related to the conflict from CALR to the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine:

“I sincerely welcome today’s transfer of detainees not related to the conflict from certain areas of Luhansk region (CALR) to the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine.

It is the first transfer from CALR of persons convicted before the beginning of the conflict in 2014. They will serve their sentence in penitentiary institutions on the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine.

I express my deep appreciation and gratitude to the parties for their constructive efforts that had allowed this long-awaited step.”