KYIV, Oct 18 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said he will meet next week to discuss arrears in coal miners' wages at state-run coal mines, as well as other overdue payments in the coal industry.

"Next week I will hold a meeting as chairman myself. It is possible that a preparatory meeting will be chaired by the respective deputy prime minister so that we could find out how to move on," the prime minister said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday, which was called for as a result of complains by MPs about persisting wage arrears.