Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

EU welcomes release of OSCE monitors in Ukraine


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The EU Sunday expressed relief that the remaining four monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine have been released yesterday in Eastern Ukrain



Michael Mann, spokesman for EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in a statement noted that EU leaders during their meeting in Brussels on Friday stressed that the release of hostages including all of the OSCE observers is one of four crucial steps to be undertaken by Monday, 30 June, or Russia will face more sanction



"We expect further hostages detained by illegal armed groups in Eastern Ukraine to be released without delay," he sai



Mann reiterated the EU's firm support for the work already undertaken by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission as well as for the OSCE monitoring the implementation of President Petro Poroshenko's peace plan for Ukraine.


Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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