Russia and Germany consider necessary for the meeting of Kiev and South-East of Ukraine
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Germany Sergey Lavrov Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed by telephone the need to extend the truce and ceasefire in Ukraine and stressed the importance of consultations between Kiev and South-East of the country, said on Wednesday the Russian Ministry.
" during the exchange of opinions on development of situation in Ukraine was discussed the necessity of prolongation of the truce and ceasefire to start a direct dialogue between the conflicting sides, with the assistance from the OSCE ", - is informed in the report on the Internet representation of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs.
in this context, it was positively appreciated held in Donetsk on June 23, the first consultations between the representatives of the official Ukrainian authorities and the South-East of Ukraine.
" Emphasized the importance of continuing such meetings to establish the consideration of all issues, the most important thing About safeguards the legitimate rights and interests living in the Eastern part of Ukraine's Residents ", - stressed in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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