Steinmeier and Fabius met before talks between the foreign Ministers " channel four "
The Ministers of foreign Affairs of France and Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Laurent Fabius, hold a bilateral meeting in Paris at the beginning of consultation of foreign Ministers " channel four ". Steinmeier arrived at the home of the French foreign Ministry presumably for thirty minutes prior to the scheduled meeting of the Ministerial " channel four ". Welcoming his French colleague, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany said: "Any time!". Then the Ministers exchanged handshakes." Meeting devoted to the bilateral agenda, but it is possible that the Ministers will discuss the Ukrainian question, compare notes, "said a source in one of the delegations, reports RIA" Novosti ". The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century also came to the French Ministry of foreign Affairs to participate in the Ministerial meeting "channel four" settlement in Ukraine. Ministers meet for the first time when the leaders "channel four" agreements on the settlement of the Ukrainian fall at a conference in Minsk on 12 February. The parties have plans to discuss the implementation process of the Minsk agreements, as well as among them the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line. First it was said that Lavrov arrived in Paris from new York, where he participated in the debates of the security Council of the United Nations on the issue of international security. February 19, Lavrov had a telephone conversation with the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and France's Laurent Fabius, the Sides discussed practical steps to resolve the Ukrainian fall. Before that, the head of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the situation in Ukraine and came to the conclusion that the adopted February 12, measures have reduced the intensity of the fighting in the Donbass. During the conversation, "channel four" was agreed to conduct in the near future contacts between foreign countries. February 12, the process is almost 16 hours of negotiations was signed document of the contact group on measures aimed at the implementation of the Minsk agreements.