Donetsk, Apr 24 – DAN. Ukrainian official representatives have not arrived to the meeting of the economic group of the Minsk group, the talks are being protracted, sad the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"The coordinator from the OSCE, representatives of Russia and the Donbass Republics have been waiting for the Ukrainian representative in the working group for the economic issues to arrive to the Minsk talks," the statement reads.

The security, humanitarian and political subgroups have embarked on talks.

The Contact group is expected to summarize the meetings in the evening.*ot