Lavrov: Kiev does not show willingness to dialogue with Donbass

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the meeting of the Russian security Council expressed regret at the fact that Kiev still shows no willingness to resolve the situation in the Donbass, said the press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
"together With discussion of current issues of domestic and international agenda was presented detailed information Minister Lavrov yesterday in Paris a meeting in the format "channel four" on the level of foreign Ministers ", - said Peskov.
"The Minister, for example, expressed regret With the fact that Kiev still shows no willingness to resolve the situation in the South-East of the country through direct dialogue With Donbass ", - he said, reports RIA " Novosti "." While the foreign Minister noted that in General in day of talks in Paris more distracted on their own shoulders the attention of the scandal that erupted around the information about French wire guide from the special services of North America, " said the spokesman. In addition to Lavrov in a meeting attended by Prime Minister D. A. Medvedev, the head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov, the Ministers Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Sergei Shoigu, head of the FSB and foreign intelligence service Alexander Bortnikov and Mikhail Fradkov, and permanent member of the security Council of Russia Boris Gryzlov. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.


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