Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started in Belarus.
The Ukrainian delegation consists of Defense Minister Oleksy Reznikov, ‘People's Servant’ parliamentary faction leader David Arakhamia, Presidential Adviser Mikhail Podolyak, First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the tripartite contact group Andrei Kostin, lawmaker Rustem Umerov and Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Tochitsky.
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky heads the Russian delegation. The delegation includes Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, and the head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Leonid Slutsky.