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Minsk confirms it is ready to host Contact Group meeting October 26

Only three working subgroups - on political, economic and security issues - are to hold a meeting on Wednesday
A view of the President Hotel where a meeting of the Ukraine contact group on settlement of the Ukrainian crisis takes place Viktor Drachev/TASS
A view of the President Hotel where a meeting of the Ukraine contact group on settlement of the Ukrainian crisis takes place
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MINSK, October 25. /TASS/. Minsk is prepared to host a meeting of the Contact Group on the settlement in eastern Ukraine and its three working subgroups, Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Dmitry Mironchik, told TASS on Tuesday.

"We are getting ready for the meetings of the Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement in Ukraine and its three working subgroups - on political, economic and security issues - scheduled for Wednesday," the diplomat said.

Earlier reports said that the Contact Group would meet in Minsk on October 26 without a humanitarian subgroup "because of the Ukrainian side."