Meeting "Norman Quartet" will be effective, nourishes the hope Kosachev

The head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev holds out hope that today's meeting in Paris of leaders "channel four" to resolve the fall in Ukraine will be effective.

The leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine meet in Paris to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

"Russia has done and will do everything so that Ukraine emerged from the fall in which it is placed," - said Kosachev on the last working day of the week at the meeting with MEPs. He noticed that the more protracted the conflict, the more will suffer ordinary citizens.

He also said that if between Russia and the European Union was a normal dialogue on the situation in Ukraine, in the fall, which currently hosts the country, there would be the opportunity to defend themselves. Kosachev recalled that when obgovarivaya the question of European integration by Ukrainian authorities of Russia, said: "This doesn't concern you ". And then it was that destroyed the territorial integrity and statehood of Ukraine, graduated from the MP.

The previous meeting of the "Normandy four" summit was held in Minsk on 11-12 February. In total, the presidents discussed the Ukrainian issue 16 hours, the result was consensus, known as the " Minsk-2 ".

According to the agreement, immediate and comprehensive ceasefire has to begin from midnight fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons at a safe distance must begin no later than the 2nd day after the ceasefire and end within 14 days. Before the end of the year in Ukraine should be carried out constitutional reform. Only the Minsk document has absorbed 12 points.

The format "Norman Quartet" on Ukraine was formed after the meeting in Normandy in the summer of 2014.


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