BERLIN (Reuters) - Plans by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to hold local elections in November would undermine a ceasefire agreement reached in Minsk and destabilise the situation, the German foreign ministry said on Friday.
"The separatists' announcement of plans to hold so-called parliamentary elections on Nov. 2 is clearly a violation of the Minsk agreement of Sept. 5 and damages the fragile peace process," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli.
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