Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov, left, and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma before a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, at the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk.24.12.2014#2548597
From left: Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov before a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, at the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk.24.12.2014#2548596
Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov, center, and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, right, arrive at the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548595
Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov arrives at the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548594
Ukrainian Ambassador to Belarus Mikhail Ezhel arrives at the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548593
The governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548592
Journalists await the arrival of the talks participants outside the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548591
The governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548509
Journalists await the arrival of the talks participants outside the governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548508
The governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548507
The governmental residence on Voikovsky Pereulok in Minsk, where a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, a group aiming to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, is to take place.24.12.2014#2548506