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Contact Group’s security subgroup to continue into Wednesday, September 9 - DPR envoy

Vladislav Deinego, the representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) at the Contact Group refuted media allegations about failure of weapons withdrawal talks

MINSK, September 8. /TASS/. The subgroup on security of the Contact Group on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine will continue its meeting in Minsk into Wednesday, September 9, Denis Pushilin, the representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Tuesday.

"The working group on security continues its work. The meeting will be probably continued tomorrow in a bid to reach a compromise on the issue of heavy weapons withdrawal," he said.

Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine Martin Sajdik said after the Contact Group’s talks in Minsk that the working subgroup on security continued its work to achieve results.

Meanwhile, Vladislav Deinego, the representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) at the Contact Group refuted media allegations about failure of weapons withdrawal talks.

"Today, there were false reports alleging that the issue of [heavy weapons] withdrawal agreement had been failed. Such reports have nothing to do with the real state of things. The working group continues its work. Leonid Kuchma was there to the very end," he said.