On Wednesday, January 28, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with representatives of the trade unions of coal mining enterprises.

The meeting has been also attended by Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn and Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk has informed that he instructed the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine to create a conciliation commission on reforming the coal sector, which, in particular, is to deal with the social issues of miners.

A commission will include officials from the relevant ministries, experts of the National Energy Regulation Commission, SE "Energorynok", SE "Coal of Ukraine", MPs and representatives of the trade unions.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on representatives of the trade unions to join to the work of a conciliation commission and to submit their proposals on Monday, February 2.

The Prime Minister has identified the issue of immediate repayment of wage arrears to the miners for December 2014 as a priority for a conciliation commission.