Contact group members agreed to settle water supply problem in Donbas - OSCE special envoy Sajdik

The negotiators agreed to work out a decision regarding water supplies in Donbas at the talks in Minsk on Wednesday, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) special envoy in the Trilateral Contact Group on settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine Martin Sajdik said.

Sajdik told journalists in Minsk that it was necessary to find legal and technical decisions regarding water supply.

Three subgroups, with the exception of the subgroup on economic affairs, have been working in the Belarusian capital over the past two days, he said.

The security subgroup focused on the issues of disengaging forces and hardware from the contact line in Donbas, Sajdik said.

The humanitarian subgroup continued the discussion on the issue of releasing the hostages, he said. Sajdik said that positive steps were taken regarding the issue of handing over letters and parcels to illegally held people.

The political subgroup focused on the discussion of the so-called 'Steinmeier formula', Sajdik said.

The OSCE special envoy also said that the contact group would meet for the next and last time in 2016 in Minsk on December 21.