Press Statement of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, After the Meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Form of a Videoconference on 18 April 2019

KYIV, 18 April 2019 – “The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and its Working Group on Security Issues convened this afternoon and evening in the videoconference format.

In the Working Group on Security Issues, under the co-ordination of Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, the sides discussed several proposals with a view to agree a joint statement of the TCG, with the participation of representatives of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, confirming their recommitment to cease fire on the occasion of the upcoming Easter festivities. Also in the TCG itself, various compromise texts were proposed by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office with the same view.

Unfortunately, no consensus could be found at this stage. The sides only agreed to continue their discussions during the next regular meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk, on 24 April.”