MINSK, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – The memorandum, signed overnight by the Contact Group on Ukraine in the Belarussian capital Minsk, stipulates a ceasefire by both sides of the conflict, former President Leonid Kuchma, representing Ukraine at the talks, said Saturday.
"A ceasefire is to be considered bilateral," Kuchma said on reading the first provision of the memorandum.