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PROTOCOL on the results of consultations of the
Trilateral Contact Group (Minsk, 05/09/2014)
08 September 2014, 12:01
Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
PROTOCOL
on the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group with
respect to the joint steps aimed at the implementation of the Peace
Plan of the President of Ukraine, P. Poroshenko, and the initiatives of
the President of Russia, V. Putin
Upon consideration and discussion of the proposals put forward by the
participants of the consultations in Minsk on September 1, 2014, the
Trilateral Contact Group, consisting of the representatives of Ukraine,
the Russian Federation and the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe [OSCE], reached an understanding with respect to
the need to implement the following steps:
1. Ensure the immediate bilateral cessation of the use of weapons.
2. Ensure monitoring and verification by the OSCE of the regime of
non-use of weapons.
3. Implement decentralization of power, including by means of enacting
the Law of Ukraine “With respect to the temporary status of local self-
government in certain areas of the Donetsk and the Lugansk regions”
(Law on Special Status).
4. Ensure permanent monitoring on the Ukrainian-Russian state border
and verification by the OSCE, together with the creation of a security
area in the border regions of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
5. Immediately release all hostages and unlawfully detained persons.
6. Enact a law prohibiting the prosecution and punishment of persons
in connection with the events that took place in certain areas of the
Donetsk and the Lugansk regions of Ukraine.
7. Conduct an inclusive national dialogue.
8. Adopt measures aimed at improving the humanitarian situation in
Donbass.
9. Ensure the holding of early local elections in accordance with the
Law of Ukraine “With respect to the temporary status of local self-
government in certain areas of the Donetsk and the Lugansk regions”
(Law on Special Status).
10. Remove unlawful military formations, military hardware, as well as
militants and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine.
11. Adopt a program for the economic revival of Donbass and the
recovery of economic activity in the region.
12. Provide personal security guarantees for the participants of the