UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — On October 25, Ukraine is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections. The Donetsk and Lugansk breakaway republics have announced plans to hold local elections on October 18 and November 1 respectively.
"We would like to achieve some tangible results, first of all, with regard to the modality of the local elections in certain areas in Donetsk and Lugansk," Eliseev said on Tuesday.
On Friday, the so-called Normandy Quartet of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia will meet in Paris to continue talks and discuss additional measures to implement Minsk peace agreements reached in February.
Kiev has strongly objected to the plans for separate elections in the eastern republics.
Under the February Minsk protocol, Ukraine must undergo constitutional reforms, including decentralization, and allow for local elections in the Donetsk and Lugansk before the end of 2015.
