The Ministers of foreign Affairs of the countries of the " channel four " - Russia, Germany, Ukraine and France are preparing a summit meeting in Astana, and in the near future will be clear, will you do it, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. " the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of our countries together with colleagues from France and Ukraine prepare such a meeting in Astana, in the coming days it will become clear, will you do it, " said Merkel in Berlin on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, RIA " Novosti ". Merkel also said That the implementation of the Minsk agreements is an important prerequisite for the lifting of sanctions in regard to Russia." the use of punishment has certain reasons. Punishment can only be removed when the disappear of their reason, And the reason is the annexation of the Crimea ", - said Merkel reporters in Berlin on Thursday. As for the other sentences, they were taken " in connection with the fighting in the East of Ukraine, " she said." And on this issue I already said - you need to have made all the points of the Minsk agreements. Then we can talk about the lifting of sanctions, " said the Chancellor. First on Thursday, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century during a telephone conversation with German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier stressed the need to consolidate the emerging positive trends in the peaceful settlement of the fall in the Ukraine. Remember, the 5th of January in Berlin was soveshenee diplomats representing countries " channel four " - Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine. At the end of last year, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced That fifteen January will be held in Astana the meeting in the " channel format " on the problem of regulation of the Ukrainian fall.
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