The conflict in the east of Ukraine in the long term cannot be settled earlier than 20 years. It was stated by an expert of the political subgroup of the Trilateral contact group on the settlement of the situation in Donbass Olga Ayvazovskaya, - informs RBC-Ukraine with the reference to 5 channel.
"I think that this conflict has the prospect to be settled not earlier than in 20 years if we are talking about reintegration, reconciliation, but not just about the military stage as such," - she noted.