MINSK, August 26. /TASS/. All four subgroups of the Contact Group on the settlement in eastern Ukraine have begun consultations in the Belarusian capital, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

"Meetings of four working subgroups on various aspects of the settlement in eastern Ukraine are underway in Minsk," the ministry said on Twitter.

The meeting of the Contact Group will begin in the Belarusian capital later in the day.