Contact group on Ukraine agrees on new ceasefire from March 30

KIEV, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine has reached an agreement on a fresh round of ceasefire starting about midnight on March 30, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Monday.

The sustainable and unlimited ceasefire will be imposed in the conflict-hit region to enable its residents quietly celebrate Easter, which falls on April 8 this year, the OSCE said in a statement on its website.

The truce obliges the conflicting parties to cease hostilities, as well as to avoid forward movements of forces and reconnaissance missions, the statement said.

The previous round of ceasefire came into force on March 2. It has helped to reduce hostilities, with the OSCE reporting "one of the lowest levels" of the ceasefire violations in two years.

The comprehensive ceasefire is the key part of the Minsk peace agreements designed to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 10,000 people since April 2014.

The Trilateral Contact Group is a group of representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE that was formed as means to facilitate a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. Enditem